From 04707f4f86ea0b484da9c368dcb81fdfb7939bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jakub=20Ber=C3=A1nek?= <berykubik@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 10:05:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Only keep old cg_gcc if the stamp file actually exists

---
 src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
index a42d46a8c018..02be3f2cc735 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ impl Step for GccCodegenBackend {
             &CodegenBackendKind::Gcc,
         );
 
-        if builder.config.keep_stage.contains(&build_compiler.stage) {
+        if builder.config.keep_stage.contains(&build_compiler.stage) && stamp.path().exists() {
             trace!("`keep-stage` requested");
             builder.info(
                 "WARNING: Using a potentially old codegen backend. \