+is_monolithic() { [ "x@MONOLITHIC@" = "x1" ]; }
+is_static() { [ -n "$this_linkage" ]; }
+is_installed() { [ -z "$this_prefix" ]; }
+
+
+# Is the user after a support utility?
+# If this is a cross build, we need to find and return a suitable
+# native utility for the job, so we search:
+#
+# 1. local build dir (for native uninstalled builds only).
+# 2. (optional) user supplied prefix.
+# 3. configured install prefix.
+# 4. environment $PATH.
+#
+# and if such a thing still cannot be found, exit signalling an error.
+if [ -n "$input_option_utility" ]; then
+
+ # This is dumb, in tree binaries should be in a standard location
+ # like the libs, but work with what we've got for now.
+ is_cross || _util="$exec_prefix/utils/$input_option_utility/$input_option_utility"
+
+ if ! is_installed && [ -x "$_util" ]; then
+ is_static || _preload="eval LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$exec_prefix/lib"
+ echo $_preload $_util
+ exit
+ fi