1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/patches/glibc-2.8/generic/glibc-configure-apple-as.patch b/patches/glibc-2.8/generic/glibc-configure-apple-as.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13b7b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/glibc-2.8/generic/glibc-configure-apple-as.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+http://in3www.epfl.ch/~schaffne/glibc-configure-apple-as.patch
+http://sources.redhat.com/ml/crossgcc/2004-02/msg00151.html
+
+The following makes it possible to configure glibc-2.3.2 on Mac OS X,
+where the assembler but doesn't understand the --version flag.
+
+Fixes the symptom
+checking whether ld is GNU ld... no
+checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as
+checking version of /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... 
+<PAUSES HERE AND JUST SITS THERE DOING NOTHING>
+
+---
+ configure |    6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+Index: glibc-2.8-20080811/configure
+===================================================================
+--- glibc-2.8-20080811.orig/configure
++++ glibc-2.8-20080811/configure
+@@ -4527,7 +4527,7 @@ else
+   # Found it, now check the version.
+   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking version of $AS" >&5
+ echo $ECHO_N "checking version of $AS... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+-  ac_prog_version=`$AS --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
++  ac_prog_version=`$AS -v </dev/null 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
+   case $ac_prog_version in
+     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
+     2.1[3-9]*)
+@@ -4538,7 +4538,7 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking version of $AS...
+   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_prog_version" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_prog_version" >&6; }
+ fi
+-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
++if test $ac_verc_fail = yes -a -z "$enable_hacker_mode"; then
+   AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as"
+ fi
+ 
+@@ -4601,7 +4601,7 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking version of $LD...
+   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_prog_version" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_prog_version" >&6; }
+ fi
+-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
++if test $ac_verc_fail = yes -a -z "$enable_hacker_mode"; then
+   LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld"
+ fi
+