Building gcc with gnu binutils automatically

[NightStrike]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 1:26 PM, NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you use gnu ld or as to build GCC, you get extra features in gcc
> itself.  There's a few bugzilla PRs on this, and a lot of emails on
> the mailing list.  What I don't see, however, is how I can have
> configure detect the usage of GNU binutils automatically.  In other
> words, without explicitly passing in --with-gnu-ld/as, I don't get the
> features in question.
>
> Is there a way to do this?  Or, is there a way to fix configure so
> that it does some test without requiring the option?  Also, is there a
> way to do this for a cross compiler?

I forgot to add, does this get automatically set if you build binutils in tree?