+# Linker flags to use for stage1 or when not bootstrapping.
+AC_ARG_WITH(stage1-ldflags,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-stage1-ldflags=FLAGS], [linker flags for stage1])],
+[if test "$withval" = "no" -o "$withval" = "yes"; then
+ stage1_ldflags=
+ else
+ stage1_ldflags=$withval
+ fi],
+[stage1_ldflags=
+ # In stage 1, default to linking libstdc++ and libgcc statically with GCC
+ # if supported. But if the user explicitly specified the libraries to use,
+ # trust that they are doing what they want.
+ if test "$stage1_libs" = "" -a "$have_static_libs" = yes; then
+ stage1_ldflags="-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc"
+ fi])
+AC_SUBST(stage1_ldflags)
+