binutils installation question

[Tom Williams <binutilstom at yahoo dot com>]

Hi!  I've recently updated my Mingw32 cross-utils from
the Sourceware 000-716 snapshot.  I'm using my Mingw32
Linux-hosted Mingw32-targetted cross-compiler to build
my Mingw32 apps.  I found when I configured binutils
like this: --target=i386-mingw
--host=i586-pc-linux-gnu --build=i586-pc-linux-gnu

the cross utils that were installed had the ".exe"
file extension instead of no file extension at all
(i.e. i386-mingw-size.exe vs i386-mingw-size).

I found that this is happening when
binutils-000716/opcodes/configure calls
binutils-000716/ltconfig and passes the incorrect host
info.

I have created a patch for this but I'm not sure how
best to test it.  That's why I'm posting a message
here to make sure I won't cause anyone any undue
grief.

I've built cross utils wiht my patch (i.e.
--target=i386-mingw32 --host=i586-pc-linux-gnu
--build=-i586-pc-linux-gnu) that install WITHOUT the
".exe" file extension and I've built Win32 hosted
binutils (i.e. --target=i386-mingw32
--host=i386-mingw32 --build=i586-pc-linux-gnu) that
install on my Linux box WITH the ".exe" file extension
and they run on my Windows NT box just fine after I
transfer them with FTP from Linux to Windows.

How much more testing and what kind of other testing
should I do before submitting my patch to the binutils
maintainers?

The patch is very small and touches only
opcodes/configure and ltconfig.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Peace....

Tom

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