[RFC PATCH 07/12] configure: move symlink configuration earlier

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Ensure that the pc-bios/optionrom and pc-bios/s390-ccw directory
exist at the time when we'll write out the compiler configuration
for them.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 configure | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bdb0cc35a8..de2bc799cd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2210,6 +2210,30 @@ fi
 
 QEMU_GA_MSI_MINGW_BIN_PATH="$($pkg_config --variable=prefix glib-2.0)/bin"
 
+# Set up build tree symlinks that point back into the source tree
+# (these can be both files and directories).
+# Caution: avoid adding files or directories here using wildcards. This
+# will result in problems later if a new file matching the wildcard is
+# added to the source tree -- nothing will cause configure to be rerun
+# so the build tree will be missing the link back to the new file, and
+# tests might fail. Prefer to keep the relevant files in their own
+# directory and symlink the directory instead.
+LINKS="Makefile"
+LINKS="$LINKS tests/tcg/Makefile.target"
+LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile"
+LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile"
+LINKS="$LINKS .gdbinit scripts" # scripts needed by relative path in .gdbinit
+LINKS="$LINKS tests/avocado tests/data"
+LINKS="$LINKS tests/qemu-iotests/check"
+LINKS="$LINKS python"
+LINKS="$LINKS contrib/plugins/Makefile "
+for f in $LINKS ; do
+    if [ -e "$source_path/$f" ]; then
+        mkdir -p `dirname ./$f`
+        symlink "$source_path/$f" "$f"
+    fi
+done
+
 # Mac OS X ships with a broken assembler
 roms=
 if { test "$cpu" = "i386" || test "$cpu" = "x86_64"; } && \
@@ -2431,31 +2455,6 @@ if test "$safe_stack" = "yes"; then
   echo "CONFIG_SAFESTACK=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
-# If we're using a separate build tree, set it up now.
-# LINKS are things to symlink back into the source tree
-# (these can be both files and directories).
-# Caution: do not add files or directories here using wildcards. This
-# will result in problems later if a new file matching the wildcard is
-# added to the source tree -- nothing will cause configure to be rerun
-# so the build tree will be missing the link back to the new file, and
-# tests might fail. Prefer to keep the relevant files in their own
-# directory and symlink the directory instead.
-LINKS="Makefile"
-LINKS="$LINKS tests/tcg/Makefile.target"
-LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile"
-LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile"
-LINKS="$LINKS .gdbinit scripts" # scripts needed by relative path in .gdbinit
-LINKS="$LINKS tests/avocado tests/data"
-LINKS="$LINKS tests/qemu-iotests/check"
-LINKS="$LINKS python"
-LINKS="$LINKS contrib/plugins/Makefile "
-for f in $LINKS ; do
-    if [ -e "$source_path/$f" ]; then
-        mkdir -p `dirname ./$f`
-        symlink "$source_path/$f" "$f"
-    fi
-done
-
 # tests/tcg configuration
 (makefile=tests/tcg/Makefile.prereqs
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $makefile
-- 
2.35.1