---

yaml
---
r: 193775
b: refs/heads/beta
c: 85b084f
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  193773: cca6b03
  193771: 61a24a4
  193767: 0b628d4
  193759: 7c2b740
v: v3

Author: rprichard

[refs]

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ refs/heads/automation-fail: 1bf06495443584539b958873e04cc2f864ab10e4
 refs/heads/issue-18208-method-dispatch-3-quick-reject: 2009f85b9f99dedcec4404418eda9ddba90258a2
 refs/heads/batch: b7fd822592a4fb577552d93010c4a4e14f314346
 refs/heads/building: 126db549b038c84269a1e4fe46f051b2c15d6970
-refs/heads/beta: 00211ecfda53521ea6b6405beff1c490b04f3ce5
+refs/heads/beta: 85b084f4bd5c61adf23ca0de08cfba3d23ef1cfc
 refs/heads/windistfix: 7608dbad651f02e837ed05eef3d74a6662a6e928
 refs/tags/1.0.0-alpha: e42bd6d93a1d3433c486200587f8f9e12590a4d7
 refs/heads/tmp: de8a23bbc3a7b9cbd7574b5b91a34af59bf030e6

branches/beta/src/librustc/session/search_paths.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 use std::slice;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use session::early_error;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct SearchPaths {
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ impl SearchPaths {
         } else {
             (PathKind::All, path)
         };
+        if path.is_empty() {
+            early_error("empty search path given via `-L`");
+        }
         self.paths.push((kind, PathBuf::new(path)));
     }
 

branches/beta/src/test/compile-fail/manual-link-bad-search-path.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// compile-flags:-L native=
+// error-pattern: empty search path given via `-L`
+
+fn main() {
+}