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

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:30:50 +0200
   From: Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

   > Autoconf defines cross-compiling as the situation when you cannot run
   > executables that you compile. I.e.
   Which is a fault, IMHO.

I think that is reasonable.

autoconf should also conclude that it is cross-compiling if $build !=
$host.  This can be determined when running AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM.  If
$build != $host, then autoconf should set the cross_compiling shell
variable.

But I think autoconf should also set it in the cases where it
currently sets it: if it can not compile a program.  That permits
using a cross compiler to build a tool which does not use
AC_CANONICAL_HOST.  Most tools do not need to use AC_CANONICAL_HOST,
and we should not require them to use it.

Ian