HOST_CXXFLAGS += $(HOST_CFLAGS)
HOST_LDFLAGS += -L$(HOST_DIR)/lib -Wl,-rpath,$(HOST_DIR)/lib
+# The macros below are taken from linux 4.11 and adapted slightly.
+# Copy more when needed.
+
+# try-run
+# Usage: option = $(call try-run, $(CC)...-o "$$TMP",option-ok,otherwise)
+# Exit code chooses option. "$$TMP" is can be used as temporary file and
+# is automatically cleaned up.
+try-run = $(shell set -e; \
+ TMP="$$(tempfile)"; \
+ if ($(1)) >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+ then echo "$(2)"; \
+ else echo "$(3)"; \
+ fi; \
+ rm -f "$$TMP")
+
+# host-cc-option
+# Usage: HOST_FOO_CFLAGS += $(call host-cc-option,-no-pie,)
+host-cc-option = $(call try-run,\
+ $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+
+
# host-intltool should be executed with the system perl, so we save
# the path to the system perl, before a host-perl built by Buildroot
# might get installed into $(HOST_DIR)/bin and therefore appears