scripts/functions: add a generic custom location infrastructure

Add a generic custom location infrastructure (inspired by the one in
kernel/linux) to allow the user to use custom tarballs or directories
for any component.

Signed-off-by: "David Holsgrove" <david.holsgrove@xilinx.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: move config option, improve help text, fix API doc]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Message-Id: <131c163c69f9cc81d2be.1349931191@localhost.localdomain>
PatchWork-Id: 190784
Message-Id: <0bbaba9190a76ba97f72.1349931192@localhost.localdomain>
PatchWork-Id: 190785

diff -durN gcc-4.2.1.orig/boehm-gc/include/gc.h gcc-4.2.1/boehm-gc/include/gc.h

--- gcc-4.2.1.orig/boehm-gc/include/gc.h	2006-09-18 20:45:08.000000000 +0200

+++ gcc-4.2.1/boehm-gc/include/gc.h	2007-08-03 20:33:00.000000000 +0200

@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@

 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__GLIBC__)

 # include <features.h>

 # if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 1 || __GLIBC__ > 2) \

-     && !defined(__ia64__)

+     && !defined(__ia64__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)

 #   ifndef GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE

 #     define GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE

 #   endif