Use 'powerpc64le-linux-gnu-objcopy' rather than 'objcopy' when cross-compiling
to powerpc64le-linux-gnu: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/49417>.

Patch submitted:
  <https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-July/128333.html>

diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 13a791ffde..5b370c07a2 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ AS=`$CC -print-prog-name=as`
 LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=ld`
 AR=`$CC -print-prog-name=ar`
 AC_SUBST(AR)
-OBJCOPY=`$CC -print-prog-name=objcopy`
-AC_SUBST(OBJCOPY)
 GPROF=`$CC -print-prog-name=gprof`
 AC_SUBST(GPROF)
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fe0eda1cd5..3a08270734 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -654,7 +654,6 @@ MAKE
 LD
 AS
 GPROF
-OBJCOPY
 AR
 LN_S
 INSTALL_DATA
@@ -689,6 +688,7 @@ sysheaders
 ac_ct_CXX
 CXXFLAGS
 CXX
+OBJCOPY
 OBJDUMP
 READELF
 CPP
@@ -3054,6 +3054,98 @@ else
   OBJDUMP="$ac_cv_prog_OBJDUMP"
 fi
 
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}objcopy", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}objcopy; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$OBJCOPY"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY="$OBJCOPY" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY="${ac_tool_prefix}objcopy"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+OBJCOPY=$ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY
+if test -n "$OBJCOPY"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $OBJCOPY" >&5
+$as_echo "$OBJCOPY" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY"; then
+  ac_ct_OBJCOPY=$OBJCOPY
+  # Extract the first word of "objcopy", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy objcopy; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_OBJCOPY+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_OBJCOPY"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_OBJCOPY="$ac_ct_OBJCOPY" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_OBJCOPY="objcopy"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_OBJCOPY=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_OBJCOPY
+if test -n "$ac_ct_OBJCOPY"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_OBJCOPY" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_OBJCOPY" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_OBJCOPY" = x; then
+    OBJCOPY="false"
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    OBJCOPY=$ac_ct_OBJCOPY
+  fi
+else
+  OBJCOPY="$ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY"
+fi
+
 
 # We need the C++ compiler only for testing.
 ac_ext=cpp
@@ -4645,8 +4737,6 @@ AS=`$CC -print-prog-name=as`
 LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=ld`
 AR=`$CC -print-prog-name=ar`
 
-OBJCOPY=`$CC -print-prog-name=objcopy`
-
 GPROF=`$CC -print-prog-name=gprof`
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 924af12738..2148cd2ec8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ AC_SUBST(cross_compiling)
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(READELF, readelf, false)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJDUMP, objdump, false)
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJCOPY, objcopy, false)
 
 # We need the C++ compiler only for testing.
 AC_PROG_CXX
