Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems

[Pavel Raiskup]

+cc address@hidden, Ben Elliston <address@hidden>

> IME, it is much better when any override mechanism make use of
> environment variables.

Yes, it was mentioned multiple times in this thread already and it was
always forgotten.  Please consider this approach.

One thing was not mentioned here - if there was a CONFIG_GUESS/CONFIG_SUB
environment variables, what would be the consequences of having it solved
directly in config.{guess,sub} files?
I mean, if there was defined CONFIG_GUESS environment variable, the
config.guess could try to call 'config.guess' file somewhere in $PATH?

pros: we are able to easily patch also old packages (no-need to
autoreconfigure)

Pavel