Add configure flag to disable multi-os-directory support

In some environments, installing the library to GCC's
multi-os-directory is not perferable. This patch adds a switch
to configure "--disable-multi-os-directory" which will disable
that check, typically falling back to ${libdir} unless
cross-compiling.

Original patch was written by Stewart Brodie, and was found at
https://sourceware.org/ml/libffi-discuss/2013/msg00144.html

I've just updated it to work with the current version.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 445c589..74658c3 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(purify-safety,
     AC_DEFINE(USING_PURIFY, 1, [Define this if you are using Purify and want to suppress spurious messages.])
   fi)
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(multi-os-directory,
+[  --disable-multi-os-directory
+                          disable use of gcc --print-multi-os-directory to change the library installation directory])
+                          
 # These variables are only ever used when we cross-build to X86_WIN32.
 # And we only support this with GCC, so...
 if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
@@ -348,11 +352,13 @@ if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
     toolexecdir="${libdir}"/gcc-lib/'$(target_alias)'
     toolexeclibdir="${libdir}"
   fi
-  multi_os_directory=`$CC $CFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory`
-  case $multi_os_directory in
-    .) ;; # Avoid trailing /.
-    ../*) toolexeclibdir=$toolexeclibdir/$multi_os_directory ;;
-  esac
+  if test x"$enable_multi_os_directory" != x"no"; then
+    multi_os_directory=`$CC $CFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory`
+    case $multi_os_directory in
+      .) ;; # Avoid trailing /.
+      ../*) toolexeclibdir=$toolexeclibdir/$multi_os_directory ;;
+    esac
+  fi
   AC_SUBST(toolexecdir)
 else
   toolexeclibdir="${libdir}"