--- a/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/build_vm_def.sh	Wed Jul 28 17:57:43 2010 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/build_vm_def.sh	Tue Aug 03 08:13:38 2010 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-nm --defined-only $* | awk '
+# If we're cross compiling use that path for nm
+if [ "$ALT_COMPILER_PATH" != "" ]; then 
+NM=$ALT_COMPILER_PATH/nm
+else
+NM=nm
+fi
+
+$NM --defined-only $* | awk '
    { if ($3 ~ /^_ZTV/ || $3 ~ /^gHotSpotVM/) print "\t" $3 ";" }
    '