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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+"""Diagnose some common system configuration problems on Linux, and
+suggest fixes."""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+all_checks = []
+
+def Check(name):
+    """Decorator that defines a diagnostic check."""
+    def wrap(func):
+        all_checks.append((name, func))
+        return func
+    return wrap
+
+
+@Check("/usr/bin/ld is not gold")
+def CheckSystemLd():
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/ld', '-v'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout = proc.communicate()[0]
+    if 'GNU gold' in stdout:
+        return ("When /usr/bin/ld is gold, system updates can silently\n"
+                "corrupt your graphics drivers.\n"
+                "Try 'sudo apt-get remove binutils-gold'.\n")
+    return None
+
+
+@Check("random lds are not in the $PATH")
+def CheckPathLd():
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(['which', '-a', 'ld'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout = proc.communicate()[0]
+    instances = stdout.split()
+    if len(instances) > 1:
+        return ("You have multiple 'ld' binaries in your $PATH:\n"
+                + '\n'.join(' - ' + i for i in instances) + "\n"
+                "You should delete all of them but your system one.\n"
+                "gold is hooked into your build via gyp.\n")
+    return None
+
+
+def RunChecks():
+    for name, check in all_checks:
+        sys.stdout.write("* Checking %s: " % name)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        error = check()
+        if not error:
+            print "ok"
+        else:
+            print "FAIL"
+            print error
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    RunChecks()