Re: Revamping AC_CANONICAL_*

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 27, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>         Should an arg to configure be considered as a --build.

Alexandre> Yes, so that existing scripts can still run without
Alexandre> modification.

Not really.  An arg to configure should be considered as the default
for --build, --host and --target unless these options are explicitly
given in the command line.  Just like in the current scheme.

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