Landing: d70dbee952cd
Project / Subsystem
gcc / cobol
Date
2026-06-04
Author
Xavier Del Campo Romero
Commit
d70dbee952cd6aa956190e2993e14dd3b712efd3
Source
github
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No
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- COBOL searches for copybooks in the compiler, not the driver.
- tldr
- COBOL frontend now handles copybook path searches directly, aligning with Modula-2 and supporting `-B` and `-idirafter`.
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- • cobol
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- 2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
The COBOL frontend, cobol1, now manages copybook path searches internally, rather than relying on the gcobol driver. This change mirrors the behavior of the Modula-2 frontend, allowing cobol1 to honor options like -B and -idirafter for specifying search paths. This provides more consistent and flexible control over how copybooks are located during compilation.