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

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello, Akim!

> Pavel> You need AC_CANONICAL_BUILD when

I meant "you need to use results of AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, i.e. $build_os,
$build_alias etc. in configure.in only in those rare situations"

> Pavel, I'm lost again.

No, you aren't :-)

> It has been chosen that (?+ means defaults to)
> 
> 1. build  ?= config.guess
> 2. host   ?= build
> 3. target ?= host

Agreed.

> so this scheme will always require AC_C_BUILD whatever the CANON you
> use.  Since AC_C_BUILD brings in its support for --build, it means
> that as soon as you AC_CANON, you support --build.
> 
> Are you saying it is wrong?

No, I'm not saying that.

Pavel