diff -C 2 -r -N /tmp/binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/Makefile.in binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/Makefile.in
*** /tmp/binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/Makefile.in	Wed Dec 30 20:50:53 1998
--- binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/Makefile.in	Wed Dec 30 20:59:43 1998
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*** 372,376 ****
  	"sharedstatedir=$(sharedstatedir)" \
  	"sysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)" \
! 	"tooldir=$(tooldir)"
  
  # Flags to pass down to most sub-makes, in which we're building with
--- 372,377 ----
  	"sharedstatedir=$(sharedstatedir)" \
  	"sysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)" \
! 	"tooldir=$(tooldir)" \
! 	"target_alias=$(target_alias)"
  
  # Flags to pass down to most sub-makes, in which we're building with
diff -C 2 -r -N /tmp/binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/Makefile.in binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/Makefile.in
*** /tmp/binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/Makefile.in	Wed Dec 30 20:50:57 1998
--- binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/Makefile.in	Wed Dec 30 20:59:44 1998
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*** 1202,1205 ****
--- 1202,1206 ----
  DEFS = @DEFS@ -I. -I$(srcdir) -I.
  CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
+ CPPFLAGS += -DTARGET_ALIAS=\"$(target_alias)\"
  LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
  LIBS = @LIBS@
diff -C 2 -r -N /tmp/binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/config.in binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/config.in
*** /tmp/binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/config.in	Sat Oct 25 23:55:29 1997
--- binutils-2.9.1.0.19a/gas/config.in	Wed Dec 30 20:59:44 1998
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*** 48,52 ****
--- 48,54 ----
  
  /* Some gas code wants to know these parameters.  */
+ #ifndef TARGET_ALIAS
  #undef TARGET_ALIAS
+ #endif
  #undef TARGET_CPU
  #undef TARGET_CANONICAL