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Re: (toplevel) Don't look for unprefixed tools unless they're appropriate
- From: Doug Evans <dje at transmeta dot com>
- To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 07:46:27 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: (toplevel) Don't look for unprefixed tools unless they're appropriate
- References: <20021228072212.GA7409@doctormoo><or65te8qmg.fsf@free.redhat.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Alexandre Oliva writes:
> On Dec 28, 2002, Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Tested on i686-pc-linux-gnu with a Canadian cross. Now if the
> > prefixed tools can't be found (and the unprefixed tools are incorrect),
> > the tool values default to blank, which will cause entirely different
> > errors. (Heh.)
>
> Hmm... I don't quite like a blank default. I'd much rather default
> to <host/target>-<tool>, since this at least gives the user the
> opportunity to adjust PATH after configure, and gives more of an idea
> of what's going on.
Agreed!