Re: Revamping AC_CANONICAL_*

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 26, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Alexandre> I don't see any reason to do it.  I'd rather keep both
Alexandre> `--host=TRIPLET' and plain `TRIPLET'.

> The fact is that the two schemes were not equivalent.  It is Ian who
> suggested twice that in these conditions, we should get rid of HOST
> as an argument.

But this could break existing scripts.  If we're going to change the
meaning of HOST as an argument, let's make it equivalent to
--host=HOST, instead of no longer accepting it and, if both are
specified, warn and use the --host one.

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