http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56750
--- Comment #5 from Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org> --- (In reply to Eric Botcazou from comment #4) that is an end user's decision. the build scripts really have no business forcing this on all random tools including gdb. the bootstrap logic makes sense for bootstrapping, but it should not be used anywhere else.