On Jan 14 2014, at 10:35 , Mike Duigou <mike.dui...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 14 2014, at 05:17 , Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bur...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> On 2014-01-14 02:57, Mike Duigou wrote: >>> Hello all; >>> >>> This changeset allows overriding of the "simple required tools" which are >>> gathered in BASIC_SETUP_FUNDAMENTAL_TOOLS macro of basics.m4 I didn't >>> extend the override ability to every tool, instead primarily to the file >>> manipulation and archiving tools which I need to override for a project I >>> am working on. >>> >>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mduigou/JDK-8031669/0/webrev/ >>> >>> Mike >> >> I think you are partly reimplementing functionality that already exists. >> >> If you call AC_PATH_PROG(CAT, cat) and $CAT is already definied, then it >> will not change it. So if you call configure like this >> configure CAT=/usr/local/bin/meow >> then AC_PATH_PROG will not look for "cat", but will accept that CAT is set >> to /usr/local/bin/meow. >> >> I think this is your needed use case..? I have revised and significantly trimmed the changeset: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mduigou/JDK-8031669/1/webrev/ Mike
