Introduce new config option: CT_TARGET_ALIAS_SED_EXPR

This option is used as a sed expression to pass onto CT_TARGET to create an alias.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config/toolchain.in b/config/toolchain.in
index f46e1dc..1e3f949 100644
--- a/config/toolchain.in
+++ b/config/toolchain.in
@@ -81,12 +81,31 @@ config TARGET_VENDOR
       
       Keep the default (unkown) if you don't know better.
 
+config TARGET_ALIAS_SED_EXPR
+    string
+    prompt "Target sed transform"
+    default ""
+    help
+      Normaly, you'd call your toolchain components (especially gcc) by
+      prefixing the target triplet followed by a dash and the component name
+      (eg. armeb-unknown-linux-uclibc-gcc).
+      
+      You can enter here a sed expression to be applied to ${CT_TARGET} to
+      create an alias for your toolchain.
+      
+      For example, "s/${CT_TARGET_VENDOR}/foobar/" (without the double quotes)
+      will create the armeb-foobar-linux-uclibc alias to the above-mentioned
+      toolchain.
+      
+      You shouldn't need to enter anything here, unless you plan to manually
+      call the tools (autotools-based ./configure will use the standard name).
+
 config TARGET_ALIAS
     string
     prompt "Target alias"
     default ""
     help
-      Normaly, you'd call your toolchain component (especially gcc) by
+      Normaly, you'd call your toolchain components (especially gcc) by
       prefixing the target triplet followed by a dash and the component name
       (eg. armeb-unknown-linux-uclibc-gcc).