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Date

2026-07-01

Author

Rainer Orth

Commit

786cab9c4b7539eaa9189853f709c0462ac3fa51

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project: gcc
subsystem: build
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 786cab9c4b7539eaa9189853f709c0462ac3fa51
source_type: github
headline: Remove --with-gnu-as configure option
tldr: The --with-gnu-as configure option is removed as it is no longer necessary.
author: Rainer Orth
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • build
• assembler
• configure
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/786cab9c4b7539eaa9189853f709c0462ac3fa51
date: 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

This commit removes the --with-gnu-as configure option and the associated gas_flag variable. Consequently, the annotation for the default assembler in configure.ac has also been removed, as the system now implicitly defaults to GNU assembler (gas) for most configurations.