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 ltrace-0.4.orig/Makefile.in ltrace-0.4/Makefile.in

--- ltrace-0.4.orig/Makefile.in	2008-10-26 15:34:21.000000000 +0100

+++ ltrace-0.4/Makefile.in	2008-10-26 15:37:40.000000000 +0100

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@

 OS		:= @HOST_OS@

 ARCH		:= $(shell echo "@HOST_ARCH@" |sed -e s/i.86/i386/      \

 						   -e s/sun4u/sparc64/  \

+						   -e s/alpha.*/alpha/  \

 						   -e s/arm.*/arm/      \

 						   -e s/sa110/arm/      \

 						   -e s/ppc64/ppc/      \