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Re: $tooldir




  In message <ork8y2cx7d.fsf@araguaia.dcc.unicamp.br>you write:
  > Yep, the original idea was that, but then I found out it was not such
  > a good idea
:-)  

  > because it was not possible to override the hard-coded
  > names, whereas it is possible to override any other hard-coded path.
  > Maybe assuming -B is supposed to override it is not a good idea, and
  > we should just add new flags to allow the user to specify the linker
  > and the assembler names.
I think I'd prefer -B to yet another option which is similar, but not quite
the same as some other option :-)

So, let's allow -B to override the absolute path.  Don't forget to mention
it somewhere in the docs though.

jeff