/usr/lib/gcc/hppa64-linux-gnu/6/as is in gcc-6-hppa64-linux-gnu 6.4.0-17ubuntu1.
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/usr/lib/gcc/hppa64-linux-gnu/6/../../../../bin/hppa64-linux-gnu-as