> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 6:24 PM
> To: Akim Demaille; Alexandre Oliva
> Cc: Morten Eriksen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: AC_PROG_CC not working
>
>
> --- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > So I am back to something I raised some time ago: why the heck do we
> > have to compile to recognize Mingw etc.? Can't we just
> uname? While
> > anti-Autoconf (and btw, frankly, compiling __MINGW32__ makes no big
> > difference to me), it seems better in that, for instance,
> it makes it
> > possible to enable the support of these kind of machines without
> > requiring a C compiler.
> >
>
> Speaking for MinGW authoritatively, there is no reason that
> uname can't be
> used. I've supplied a uname for MinGW which config.guess
> uses correctly. I
> also agree that requiring C isn't a good idea for autoconf.
>
Just to verify: You're talking of recognizing MinGW as a BUILD system, not
HOST, aren't you? uname will only give information about the BUILD system,
so if we plan to configure using a cross-compiler, uname will do no good :-)
Regards,
Bernard
PS: sorry if I get in late, but I think I've overlooked this thread
before...
--------------------------------------------
Bernard Dautrevaux
Microprocess Ingenierie
97 bis, rue de Colombes
92400 COURBEVOIE
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80
Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------
