------- Comment #50 from mark at codesourcery dot com 2009-02-06 19:22 ------- Subject: Re: [4.3/4.4 Regression]: HOSTCC doesn't work with installed gcc
hjl dot tools at gmail dot com wrote: > For most people, GCC_EXEC_PREFIX points to either a directory which > doesn't exist or a different version of gcc. Since GCC_EXEC_PREFIX > may point a directory which doesn't exist, it isn't really needed > by "make check" for most people. Only very small percentage of gcc > developers need GCC_EXEC_PREFIX for "make check". I don't know how that's been measured. Improving the heuristic by avoiding the doesn't-exist case might be a fine option, as I stated previously. If you really want to clean this up, add some variable you can set on the "make" command-line, or at configure-time, that allows the user to say which use case applies. I don't see a lot of value in arguing over the default. There's no right answer; ergo, we need a switch. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36443
