Simon Poole wrote:
I'm not sure why "HOSTCC=gcc-3 make -e" isn't working. This should override the declaration in config.mk.
However, you can always try the alternative (better) syntax: make HOSTCC=gcc-3
The problem with this is, that I have to remeber that every time I issue the command (and my customers as well). If the first version would work, I could put the variable in the shell startup file.
make -e should be avoided because it causes *all* of your environment variables to override declarations in the Makefile.
I believe that is what I want. The problem with it is that it works recursively: the definitions in the main makefile overide the ones from the sub-makefile. And that causes the sources in the tools directory to be compiled with the CC from the main makefile, which is the cross compiler :-(
Using the format above you can explicity override individual variables.
On each single invocation. And that is what I want to avoid.
Detlef