On Jun 26, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alexandre> On Jun 26, 2000, Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> On 26 Jun 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>>> Here's a patch that implements my proposal regarding the handling
>>>> of --build/--host options, assuming that Mo's patch makes it. Ok
>>>> to install?
>>> So to do a cross build I would need to give both --build and
>>> --host?
Alexandre> Correct.
> No you wouldn't: $host_alias != $build_alias since anything != "".
Read the patch again. It sets build_alias=$host_alias at that point
precisely for this reason.
> I know it seems contradictory, but Autoconf must not have
> several flavors.
That's a very good point, especially for the scenario that's relevant
for Cygnus, which is that of a single top-level `configure' running
multiple sub-dir configures. If they behave differently, we're in
trouble.
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