[glibc] configure: Remove check if as is GNU

[Adhemerval Zanella <azanella@sourceware.org>]

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=f35b7ce02fcf5267e128f25d4b01b80711a01110

commit f35b7ce02fcf5267e128f25d4b01b80711a01110
Author: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 2 16:00:26 2022 -0300

    configure: Remove check if as is GNU
    
    It is not used in any place.
    Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>

Diff:
---
 aclocal.m4 |  6 ------
 configure  | 20 --------------------
 2 files changed, 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 531b11cb69..149b9e5376 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@ AC_SUBST(OBJCOPY)
 GPROF=`$CC -print-prog-name=gprof`
 AC_SUBST(GPROF)
 
-# Determine whether we are using GNU binutils.
-AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether $AS is GNU as, libc_cv_prog_as_gnu,
-[LIBC_PROG_FOO_GNU($AS, libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=yes, libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=no)])
-rm -f a.out
-gnu_as=$libc_cv_prog_as_gnu
-
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether $LD is GNU ld, libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu,
 [LIBC_PROG_FOO_GNU($LD, libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=yes, libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=no)])
 gnu_ld=$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9a8acc4ef7..2d3b3946b9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4155,26 +4155,6 @@ OBJCOPY=`$CC -print-prog-name=objcopy`
 GPROF=`$CC -print-prog-name=gprof`
 
 
-# Determine whether we are using GNU binutils.
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $AS is GNU as" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether $AS is GNU as... " >&6; }
-if ${libc_cv_prog_as_gnu+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  # Most GNU programs take a -v and spit out some text including
-# the word 'GNU'.  Some try to read stdin, so give them /dev/null.
-if $AS -o conftest -v </dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=yes
-else
-  libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=no
-fi
-rm -fr contest*
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_prog_as_gnu" >&5
-$as_echo "$libc_cv_prog_as_gnu" >&6; }
-rm -f a.out
-gnu_as=$libc_cv_prog_as_gnu
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $LD is GNU ld" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether $LD is GNU ld... " >&6; }
 if ${libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu+:} false; then :