On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 04:43:09PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This, in turn, is the first that is found among:
> 
> 1) the default assembler (--with-as)
> 
> 2) an in-tree assembler
> 
> 3) AS_FOR_TARGET
> 
> 4) if host == target, AS (obsolete, should be covered by case 3)
> 
> 5) if build == host, an assembler in one of the directories that the 
> compiler will look at
> 
> 6) if build == target, an assembler in one of the target-dependent 
> search paths indicated by MD_EXEC_PREFIX
> 
> 7) whatever tool, appropriately prefixed if host != target, can be found 
> in the user's path (probably obsolete, should be covered by case 3).
> 
> In your case, case 5 used to hit, while now case 3 hits.  It is strange 
> that you have seen this only from the beginning of December, because I'd 
> expect the behavior to have changed in June or at most in October, with 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-10/msg00237.html (by Dan).

I do only occasional build GCC mainline. I don't remember when I build
the last time from CVS. My first subversion based build was at the end
of november and I believe it succeeded. However, I didn't install that
version and I don't remember source version either.

> In the meanwhile (i.e. for 4.1, and on HEAD until this gets implemented 
> if ever) I'd stick with a default --with-build-tools value of 
> $prefix/$target/bin.

I believe that this would be a proper solution and would at least work
for me.

Gunther

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