Re: --host => cross breaks GCC builds

[Mo DeJong]

On 28 Jun 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jun 28, 2000, Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Why can't we just switch the value of $build over to the output of
> > config.guess for the build system when we try to detect a cross
> > compiler and the resulting executable can not be run?
> 
> Compare the output of `config.guess' with that of
> `CC=/path/to/cross-gcc config.guess' on a couple of different
> platforms and you'll see what I mean.

What is wrong with just running config.guess without knowing
anything about the cross compiler?

% ./config.guess 
i686-pc-linux-gnu

We could add something like this after the cross detect step:

if test "$cross_compiling" = yes && test "$build_alias" = "" ; then
  build=`$ac_config_guess`
fi

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc