Re: Is this a bug in autoconf? (patch included)

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

> My question is should specifying the HOST as a single argument as
> opposed to --host=HOST be any different?  Shouldn't it be the same?
> Actually, is there any point in keeping two different interfaces to
> the same feature?

I believe using HOST as a single argument comes from the old days when
configure did not accept so many arguments as is does today.

Usage of HOST without --host= is error-prone and should be connsidered
as deprecated (IMHO).

Regards,
Pavel Roskin