Re: [PATCH] configure: respect --with-build-time-tools [PR43301]

[Eric Gallager <egall@gwmail.gwu.edu>]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 11:33 PM Alexandre Oliva <oliva@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> On Aug  2, 2022, Eric Gallager <egall@gwmail.gwu.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 1:24 AM Alexandre Oliva <oliva@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> >> -elif test -x as$build_exeext; then
> >> +elif test -x as$build_exeext \
> >> +       && { test "x$build_exeext" != "x" \
> >> +            || test "x`grep '^# Invoke as, ld or nm from the build tree' \
> >> +                         as`" = "x"; }; then
> >>
> >> WDYT?
>
> > Hi, thanks for the feedback; I'm a bit confused, though: where exactly
> > would this proposed change go?
>
> gcc/configure.ac, just before:
>
>         # Build using assembler in the current directory.
>         gcc_cv_as=./as$build_exeext
>

OK, after reviewing the surrounding code, I think it makes sense; do
you want to commit it, or should I?
Thanks,
Eric

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