automatic --disable-multilib

[Peter O'Gorman]

On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Geoffrey Keating wrote:

> Jack Howarth <howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu> writes:
>
>>    Shouldn't configure in gcc be made to
>> automatically test if -m64 is working on
>> the build machine in question and automatically
>> invoke --disable-multilib if not? Currently
>> on Darwin for example we have to explicitly
>> invoke --disable-multilib when building on
>> G4's or non-EMT64 Macintel machines. It would
>> much better if configure would automatically
>> handle this.
>
> I believe trying to disable the multilib is fundamentally the wrong
> approach.  I have posted a patch which I believe is the correct
> approach to the automake list, where it is awaiting review.

You might want to ping it, it's been awaiting review for a while.

Peter