From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12711 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2010 11:23:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 12686 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Feb 2010 11:23:31 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (HELO fencepost.gnu.org) (140.186.70.10) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:23:28 +0000 Received: from ams by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhLWY-0003bj-8n; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:23:26 -0500 From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" To: Andreas Schwab CC: nickc@redhat.com, binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Andreas Schwab on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:25 +0100) Subject: Re: Remove config.cache files when reconfiguring at top level Reply-to: ams@gnu.org References: <4B796E1D.7000104@redhat.com> Message-Id: Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:23:00 -0000 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-02/txt/msg00383.txt.bz2 > Can't you pass the variables on the command line? I.e. > > .../configure ac_cv_foo=123 That would also pass it to the host libraries, where it may be inappropriate. Ah right, I forgot that gdb/gcc has a non-standard setup for building things.