[Bug target/88535] sparcv9 gcc 7 causes comparison failure in sparc gcc 8 dwarf2out.o

[ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88535

--- Comment #10 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> Is that switch similar to or different from the switch '--target=something',
> which http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html discourages from use?  

There are 3 different switches: --build, --host and --target.

> It says: "GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for target
> for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you do not
> provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler." 

Well, that's wrong for SPARC/Solaris and probably most multi-arch systems.