functions: fix date calculations

In case date(1) does not support nanosecond resolution, it does
not interpret '%N', and leave it as-is. So we have to remove it.

Note that some versions replaces '%N' with 'N', so we have to
take this into account as well.

Reported-by: Kyle Grieb <grieb.kyle@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from bb6e2df2427f3db871721c96ca3226cfa24204bc)

functions: avoid CR when progress bar is not enabled

Using CT-NG with progress bar disabled, still prints CR ('\r') characters
on the output. When you capture the output to a file as part of an
automated build, it shows extra empty lines.

For example:

------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO ] Performing some trivial sanity checks

[INFO ] Build started 20110404.113619

[INFO ] Building environment variables

[EXTRA] Preparing working directories

[EXTRA] Installing user-supplied crosstool-NG configuration
------------------------------------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Javier Viguera <javier.viguera@digi.com>
(transplanted from cbd07f3dd6e3689a6b971e999aa82d09fb94d515)

binutils/binutils: hide gold option if no support for current architecture

The gold linker does currently support only a limited set of architectures:
- x86 (32- and 64-bit)
- ARM

Hide the gold option for other architectures.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from 148e80538623dd4fdb7895546138eabaf5712518)

cc/gcc: fix building core when building statically

There was a mishap when cut-n-pasting code from the final
step into the core step: a variable was not renamed.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from 811cf89e81618fb6994c016dd3467072411da2d5)

scripts/internals: fix stripping once more

Some scripts have 'very long lines', so the output of 'file'
will have that mentioned, such as:
POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable, with very long lines

Reported-by: Kyle Grieb <grieb.kyle@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from 21025504dbc91d53eced23e337a547d5c1b94686)

scripts: fix stripping in finalisation step

The heuristic to find shell script is deficient. Fix it.

Reported-by: Kyle Grieb <grieb.kyle@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from ade5d48d98f27ba75e28c2f559f1eec9e76e9c59)

libc/glibc: LinuxThreads are no longer supported in latest versions

In fact, it is only supported in a few legacy versions.

Keep LT available for all eglibc versions, although it might need
a similar safeguard...

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from 0c0734c5d62ca4e09f5d54be4fe7f5c97bfc7539)

cc/gcc: do not build plugins for static toolchains

Plugins are shared objects, and when building a toolchain statically,
the gcc build system breaks havok (although there is no hard technical
reasons it should not be possible)...

And consequently, do not enable plugin supoprt in binutils.

Reported-by: Thomas Spurden <thomas@ado.is-a-geek.net>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from 9139319423fd7d71017dfc974d3a06ab79e08fb8)

internals: don't remove lib64 symlinks in sysroot

The lib64 symlinks are needed for the linker to find the libraries.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from b49767e8651b2252bc651f2c2e16d6e6860689f4)

scripts: create the makeinfo wrapper before we set PATH

If we set PATH to the tools wrappers before we create the
makeinfo wrapper, then we may well wrap an existing wrapper
from a previous run.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from 2ed26c6465689c024044f79c19ba302f749d0100)