Re: RFR: 8031668: (xxs) TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER unexpectedly resolves symbolic links

2014-01-14 Thread Mike Duigou
On Jan 14 2014, at 01:34 , Erik Joelsson wrote: > If my memory serves me right, I believe we were uncertain if symlink > resolving was really the way to go and finally decided to do it because a set > configuration should not easily be changed without configure being rerun. > > Example: If a

Re: RFR: 8031668: (xxs) TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER unexpectedly resolves symbolic links

2014-01-14 Thread Magnus Ihse Bursie
On 2014-01-14 10:34, Erik Joelsson wrote: If my memory serves me right, I believe we were uncertain if symlink resolving was really the way to go and finally decided to do it because a set configuration should not easily be changed without configure being rerun. Example: If a configuration fi

Re: RFR: 8031668: (xxs) TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER unexpectedly resolves symbolic links

2014-01-14 Thread Erik Joelsson
If my memory serves me right, I believe we were uncertain if symlink resolving was really the way to go and finally decided to do it because a set configuration should not easily be changed without configure being rerun. Example: If a configuration finds compiler /path/to/A which is actually

Re: RFR: 8031668: (xxs) TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER unexpectedly resolves symbolic links

2014-01-13 Thread Magnus Ihse Bursie
On 2014-01-14 02:46, Mike Duigou wrote: Hello all; This is a very small change. Currently when TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER evaluates a compiler it resolves any symbolic links. This behaviour thwarts compiler setups that use a single executable and multiple symbolic links that "curry" configuration

RFR: 8031668: (xxs) TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER unexpectedly resolves symbolic links

2014-01-13 Thread Mike Duigou
Hello all; This is a very small change. Currently when TOOLCHAIN_FIND_COMPILER evaluates a compiler it resolves any symbolic links. This behaviour thwarts compiler setups that use a single executable and multiple symbolic links that "curry" configuration information into the link name. http://