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

[Peter Eisentraut]

On 25 Apr 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Apr 25, 2000, Ian Lance Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > What does --cross add that we don't already have?
> 
> The only point I see about it is that it *forces* configure to think
> it's being cross-compiled.  So, even if an executable appears to run,
> GCC won't assume it's not cross-compiling.

Perhaps the mere presence of --host (or NOOPT) could give a gentle hint
that cross-compilation is at least tolerated (but not forced). After all,
why are you specifying it otherwise? The converse is of course not true.


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