Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of ${target}??

Tue Aug 5 19:42:00 GMT 2003

Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of 
${target}?
And for that matter why is it called configure.host? Wouldn't 
configure.target be a better name?
I am working on getting a GCJ cross compiler hosted on i386-linux and 
targeted at mipsel-linux working. My current efforts are against 
gcc-3.3. It seems that modifying libjava/configure.host is needed 
because I need to set can_unwind_signal=yes.
The (potential) problem I have found is that everything in 
configure.host switches based on the '${host}'. It seems to me that all 
the options in there are target options and should switch based on the 
'${target}'.
I have patched my local version to do this, but am wondering if I am 
missing something.
Thanks in advance for any insight into this matter
David Daney.