RFR: 8081676 Verify that configure detects AS on Solaris and print help otherwise

[David Holmes]

Hi Tim,

On 25/06/2016 10:52 AM, Tim Bell wrote:
> Hello
>
> Please review this added sanity check for the Solaris assembler (as).
>
> 'as' is not installed by default on Solaris, and it would be better to
> fail fast if missing.

Fix looks good. Makes me wonder what else may be missing by default - eg 
GNU make ?

Thanks,
David

> Bug report:
>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8081676
>
> Webrev:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tbell/8081676/
>
> Note: This is a change to toolchain.m4.  I did not include the
> generated-configure.sh files in the webrev, but I will regenerate and
> push them as well.
>
> Thank you in advance-
>
> Tim
>