Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of ${target}??

[David Daney]

Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of 
${target}?

And for that matter why is it called configure.host?  Wouldn't 
configure.target be a better name?

I am working on getting a GCJ cross compiler hosted on i386-linux and 
targeted at mipsel-linux working.   My current efforts are against 
gcc-3.3.  It seems that modifying libjava/configure.host is needed 
because I need to set can_unwind_signal=yes.

The (potential) problem I have found is that everything in 
configure.host switches based on the '${host}'.  It seems to me that all 
the options in there are target options and should switch based on the 
'${target}'.

I have patched my local version to do this, but am wondering if I am 
missing something.


Thanks in advance for any insight into this matter

David Daney.