-@quotation
-@emph{NOTE:} The rest of this section describes the @code{-subdirs} feature for
-which support is at least temporarily suspended. FIXME-soon.
-@end quotation
-
-Another way to specify the build directory is with the @samp{-subdirs}
-option. For example:
-
-@example
-configure @var{host} -subdirs
-@end example
-
-Using this option, @code{configure} will create a subdirectory named
-@file{H-@var{host}} to act as the build directory for each source
-directory.
-
-Since building for multiple hosts is so common, @code{configure}
-recognizes this situation as special. For example:
-
-@example
-configure @var{host1} @var{host2}
-@end example
-
-is precisely the same as:
-
-@example
-configure @var{host1} -subdirs
-configure @var{host2} -subdirs
-@end example
-
-That is, configuring for multiple hosts or multiple targets implies
-@samp{-subdirs}.
-
-When configuring for cross tools (the converse of native tools: when the
-host is not the target), as in:
-
-@example
-configure @var{host} +target=@var{targ} -subdirs
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-the subdirectories are named @file{X-@var{host}-@var{targ}}. This is
-especially useful when configuring for multiple targets.
-
-If you use both @samp{-subdirs} and @samp{-srcdir=}, a tree that
-parallels the source directory structure is created in the current
-directory, and the subdirectories are created in this directory
-tree rather than in the source directories.
-
-@emph{NOTE:} previously, @samp{-subdirs} built two-level subdirectories
-as @file{./H-@var{host}/T-@var{target}}, created
-@file{./H-@var{host}/Makefile} for building across all targets,
-@file{./Makefile} for building across all hosts, and
-@file{./config.status} and @file{./H-@var{host}/config.status} for
-rebuilding these Makefiles.
-