[project @ 2001-07-13 15:03:00 by simonmar]

add warning about not changing WhatGccIsCalled from build.mk.

diff --git a/mk/config.mk.in b/mk/config.mk.in
index f69ef61..1f5576f 100644 (file)
--- a/mk/config.mk.in
+++ b/mk/config.mk.in
@@ -606,7 +606,10 @@ GHC_INPLACE        = $(FPTOOLS_TOP)/ghc/compiler/ghc-inplace
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # C compiler
 #
-#
+# NB. Don't override $(WhatGccIsCalled) using build.mk,  re-configure using
+# the flag --with-gcc=<blah> instead.  The reason is that the configure script
+# needs to know which gcc you're using in order to perform its tests.
+
 HaveGcc        = @HaveGcc@
 UseGcc         = YES
 WhatGccIsCalled = @WhatGccIsCalled@