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  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-31132

Inconsistent paths and names of autodetected compilers

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      On Ubuntu, gcc and g++ are not binaries but links to the actual binaries:

      qtrob@rob-desktop:/usr/bin$ ls -lh gcc g++
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Aug  5  2021 g++ -> g++-11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Aug  5  2021 gcc -> gcc-11
qtrob@rob-desktop:/usr/bin$ ls -lh g??-11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mai 13  2023 g++-11 -> x86_64-linux-gnu-g++-11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mai 13  2023 gcc-11 -> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-11
qtrob@rob-desktop:/usr/bin$ ls -lh x86_64-linux-gnu-g??-11
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 911K Mai 13  2023 x86_64-linux-gnu-g++-11
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 907K Mai 13  2023 x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-11

      When started with empty settings, Creator correctly detects both of them. It only uses the path and name of the actual binary for g++. For gcc, it uses the link containing the version number:

      This works fine but the inconsistency makes it harder for the user to see that these two compilers belong together.

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            kandeler Christian Kandeler
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