Re: automatic cross compiler search patch

[Alexandre Oliva]

On May 21, 2000, DEMAILLE Akim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> This point is that if the user did not --build, then $build_alias=''
> likewise for the two others.  Before, $build_alias would have been the
> same as as $build, i.e. computed by config.guess.

I fear backward compatibility problems.  What if configure.in refers
to $build, $host or $target before calling AC_CANONICAL_*?  Other than
this consideration, the patch seems fine.

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