GNU Binutils not auto-detected

[Marc Glisse]

Hello,

I noticed recently that unless I specify --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld or 
--with-gnu-ld, the configuration system doesn't notice that I am using the 
GNU binutils (HAVE_GNU_LD is set to 0). Is that done on purpose so I can 
more easily use another linker ?

On Linux that means I am missing a few extra features.

On Solaris, it will use the first ld on the PATH (which might be GNU) but 
give it options as if it was the Oracle linker.

-- 
Marc Glisse