On May 23, 2000, Bernard Dautrevaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:39 PM
>> To: Alexandre Oliva
>> Cc: Mo DeJong; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: automatic cross compiler search patch
>>
>>
>> >>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
Alexandre> 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.
>>
Alexandre> I fear backward compatibility problems. What if
Alexandre> configure.in refers to $build, $host or $target before
Alexandre> calling AC_CANONICAL_*? Other than this consideration, the
Alexandre> patch seems fine.
>>
>> So, do you people think the patch should be applied as is? Anyway, if
>> there are real problems, we will quickly know during the beta testing.
> So I strongly vote for this patch.
So, how about setting both of host and host_alias from the
command-line arguments, just for the sake of backward compatibility?
We should still recommend the use of *_alias before AC_CANONICAL_ (and
we might even warn about uses of them, by AU_DEFUNing them to
*_alias and arranging for AC_CANONICAL_* to undefine them).
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