Cross compilers without assemblers (rant)

[Kelley Cook]

--- Andrew Pinski <pinskia@physics.uc.edu> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 20, 2004, at 6:45 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> 
> >
> > $ .../configure --target=powerpc-apple-darwin --enable-languages=c
> > ...
> > $ make all-gcc TARGET-gcc=cc1
> > ...
> > checking assembler for .machine directive support... no
> > *** This target requires an assembler supporting ".machine"
> > make: *** [configure-gcc] Error 1
> >
> > Yep, I don't have an assembler available that supports .machine.
> > Matter of fact, I don't have an assembler available that supports
> > Mach-O.  Or the PowerPC instruction set.  And I DON'T CARE, because
> > all I'm trying to do is make sure I can still compile cc1.
> 
> The patch from Kelley should not have been applied at all.
> I would just revert the patch.
> Are at least add an option to disable it.
> </rant>

Reverted.