> It seems that these make variables are not needed exactly for plugin > support, but to compile plugins, in particular those in the testsuite.
"Compiler needed for plugin support" is supposed to mean compiler needed to compile plugins here, it's the build machinery. > Perhaps we should add a comment in the gcc/Makefile.in, something like > > ## the PLUGINCC, PLUGINCFLAGS, PLUGINLIBS variables are used to > ## compile plugins, notably from the testsuite. They may change when > ## bootstrapping the compiler, e.g. in stage2 ... Yes, they are instantiated by the configure machinery at each stage into the appropriate values, which vary with each stage. -- Eric Botcazou
