Re: --host => cross breaks GCC builds

[Mo DeJong]

> > Is that the main argument for reverting back to the old
> > --host semantics?
> 
> Nope.  There are several arguments.  Please read all this thread
> carefully.

I have been following this thread :)

The problem of passing options down to sub configures
is solved by my patch, right?

The only other issue is the change that required
the user to pass --build instead of --host
when only one is given on the command line.

Are there any other issues still unresolved?

If you are dead set on reverting to the
old behavior, will there at least be some sort of
shortcut that can be used with new configure
scripts so that a user can tell configure
to do a cross compile without giving the
entire --build triple for the build machine?

I saw something like this mentioned:

./configure --host=i386-mingw32 cross_compiling=1

That would be a lot easier than having to
give just to do a cross compile:

./configure --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=i386-mingw32

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc