Re: configure for different names/locations

["Robert J. Brown" <rj at eli dot elilabs dot com>]

>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:

    Jeffrey>   In message <8922.887999685@algorithmics.com>you write:
    >> With --program-prefix=e, the program_transform_name was not
    >> correctly set in gcc/Makefile; it still had the default
    >> (s,x,x).
    Jeffrey> Yes, it's a known problem.  An analysis or patch would be
    Jeffrey> greatly appreciated :-)


    >> With --program-transform-name='s,^,e,' it was propagated, but
    >> because the CONFIG_ARGUMENTS variable in the Makefile has this
    >> unquoted, and the SHELL (/bin/sh) on the build machine
    >> (sparc-sun-solaris2.5) still uses '^' as a synonmym for '|',
    >> this caused problems later in the build (config.status has this
    >> same problem; it is explicitly a #!/bin/sh script but does not
    >> quote its arguments).

    Jeffrey> Huh?  I don't follow "^" as a synonym for "|".  I've
    Jeffrey> never seen that behavior before.

Ancient lead pipe operator, not modern pcv pipe operator.  :-)

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