Question on Makefile.in's program_transform_cross_name

[Nathanael Nerode]

Kelley Cook wrote:
>So those are always the same, which consequently means GCC_INSTALL_NAME and
>GCC_CROSS_NAME are always the same which means I could just delete the
>*_CROSS_NAME lines as well as the numerous spots in the makefile which
>differentiate on them.
 
> Is my analysis of the current situation correct and more importantly if so
> should GCC_INSTALL_NAME always be the same as GCC_CROSS_NAME? I think that
> the answer is yes since configure.in seems to take care of adjusting the sed
> script to prefix the target name.

They should always be the same; there's no actual reason for them to be
different, since as you say configure.in should take care of this.

I know they used to be different before my time, and I hadn't cleaned it up
because I thought they were still different.  :-)  If they are in fact the
same, please eliminate the redundancy!

> If it is then I can submit a separate patch for cleaning up *_CROSS_NAME the
> Makefile and */Make-lang.in files.

This would be very, very much appreciated -- it should eliminate simply *loads*
of cruft and make stuff *lots* more readable!  And probably allow me to
do lots more cleanup as a result!  :-)
 
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