Test if compiler works instead of checking if binary exists.

[qemu] / configure

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6845fcc..aae84af 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -293,9 +293,16 @@ cc="${cross_prefix}${cc}"
 ar="${cross_prefix}${ar}"
 strip="${cross_prefix}${strip}"
 
-if [ ! -x "`which $cc`" ] ; then
-    echo "Compiler $cc could not be found"
-    exit
+# check that the C compiler works.
+cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+int main(void) {}
+EOF
+
+if $cc -c -o $TMPO $TMPC 2>/dev/null ; then
+  : C compiler works ok
+else
+    echo "ERROR: \"$cc\" either does not exist or does not work"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
@@ -356,7 +363,7 @@ if test -z "$target_list" ; then
     fi
 # the following are Linux specific
     if [ "$user" = "yes" ] ; then
-        target_list="i386-user arm-user armeb-user sparc-user ppc-user mips-user mipsel-user sh4-user $target_list"
+        target_list="i386-user arm-user armeb-user sparc-user ppc-user mips-user mipsel-user $target_list"
     fi
 else
     target_list=`echo "$target_list" | sed -e 's/,/ /g'`