[Buildroot] helper tool handling in build system (sed/install/...)

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

i cant seem to figure out why we bother looking up the full path:
	SED:=$(shell which sed || type -p sed) -i -e

we dont build up host versions, nor do we have to worry about them being found 
in the cross-compiled PATH since we arent adding that to the host PATH.  the 
only things this which/type logic is doing is shortcutting the shell's 
implicit PATH lookup -- which is pretty much useless since it isnt saving us 
any forks.  if anything, it just adds shell overhead whenever someone does 
`make` because of the usage of ":=".

further, it isnt like we're trying to be portable.  the sed's -i usage is 
purely GNU and not POSIX compliant at all.  which makes me wonder why the -e 
is even there since the default behavior of `sed` is to treat the first 
argument as a script.  and then makes me wonder why we have $(SED) at all -- 
there are plenty of places in the dist where people just go through `sed`.

so am i missing something or is this all purely vestigial ?
-mike
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