> So, why do we have the --with-gnu-as flag then? Because, on some platforms like Solaris, you can use the system assembler or the GNU assembler, so nothing is hardcoded in config.gcc and --with-gnu-as makes it possible to pick one. On Linux, it's always the GNU assembler so this is hardcoded.
> That's my point. After your patch, --with-gnu-as has no meaning. The > user has no way of overriding the value guessed by config.gcc. But that value isn't guessed at all: if it's set, then it's always correct. Note that my patch didn't change that, i.e. the compiler was and is still configured for the GNU assembler whatever --with-gnu-as you pass on Linux. -- Eric Botcazou
