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

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 27, 2000, Bernard Dautrevaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Just "./configure --build=alpha-unknown-linux-gnu" as in fact you are
> building on an alpha-unknown-linux-gnu, and want a native compile...

This wouldn't have worked in the previous scheme, as it would still
try to guess the host and fail, but it will work in the new scheme.

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