[Converted from Gnats 560] I have an hp-ux 10.20 machine with various versions of ar on the path, so I wanted to be able to do CC=cc CFLAGS='-O -Ae' AR=/bin/ar ./configure when configuring gdb. This doesn't work because the top-level Makefile.in overrides AR (and various other variables ith hardwired path-relative settings). The generated Makefiles in the subdirectories (gdb etc) do contain the correct setting, but are overridden by the top-level Makefile when it invokes the subdirectory makes. Release: gdb-5.2 Environment: HP-UX monty B.10.20 A 9000/730 970406112 two-user license This GDB was configured as "hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20". How-To-Repeat: Try to configure the top-level of gdb-5.2 with a specific setting for AR, e.g. CC=cc CFLAGS='-O -Ae' AR=/bin/ar ./configure and notice that the generated Makefile doesn't contain this setting.
Bug does not exist anymore. Closing as OBSOLETE.