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Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 07:48:00 -0000
To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
Cc: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org,
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Subject: Re: (toplevel) Don't look for unprefixed tools unless they're appropriate
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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!