Using clang instead of llvm-as as a workaround

scripts/export-build-variables.sh

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/bin/${CROSS_PREFIX}
 # The FAM_ prefix is used to eliminate passing those values implicitly to build systems
 export FAM_ADDR2LINE=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}addr2line
 export        FAM_AR=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}ar
-export        FAM_AS=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}as
 export        FAM_NM=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}nm
 export   FAM_OBJCOPY=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}objcopy
 export   FAM_OBJDUMP=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}objdump
@@ -80,12 +79,13 @@ export TARGET=${TARGET_TRIPLE_MACHINE_CC}-linux-${TARGET_TRIPLE_OS}${ANDROID_PLA
 # The name for compiler is slightly different, so it is defined separatly.
 export FAM_CC=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/bin/${TARGET}-clang
 export FAM_CXX=${FAM_CC}++
+export FAM_LD=${FAM_CC}
 
 if [ $DESIRED_BINUTILS = "gnu" ] ; then
-  export FAM_LD=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}ld
+  export FAM_AS=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH}as
 else
-  # If desired binutils has to be 'llvm', then use clang as linker.
+  # The llvm-as stucks in the beginning of FFmpeg's configure script, so use clang
-  export FAM_LD=${FAM_CC}
+  export FAM_AS=${FAM_CC}
 fi
 
 # TODO consider abondaning this strategy of defining the name of the clang wrapper

scripts/ffmpeg/build.sh

@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ DEP_LD_FLAGS="-L${BUILD_DIR_EXTERNAL}/${ANDROID_ABI}/lib $FFMPEG_EXTRA_LD_FLAGS"
   --target-os=android \
   --arch=${TARGET_TRIPLE_MACHINE_BINUTILS} \
   --sysroot=${SYSROOT_PATH} \
-  --cross-prefix=${CROSS_PREFIX_WITH_PATH} \
   --cc=${FAM_CC} \
+  --cxx=${FAM_CXX} \
   --ld=${FAM_LD} \
+  --ar=${FAM_AR} \
+  --as=${FAM_AS} \
+  --nm=${FAM_NM} \
+  --ranlib=${FAM_RANLIB} \
+  --strip=${FAM_STRIP} \
   --extra-cflags="-O3 -fPIC $DEP_CFLAGS" \
   --extra-ldflags="$DEP_LD_FLAGS" \
   --enable-shared \

scripts/parse-arguments.sh

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for argument in "$@"; do
       SOURCE_VALUE="${argument#*=}"
     ;;
     # Which binutils to use (gnu or llvm)
-    --binutils=*)
+    --binutils=*|-binutils=*)
       binutils_value="${argument#*=}"
       case $binutils_value in
         gnu|llvm)