>>>>> "Warren" == Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Warren> Is there any analysis on what it would take to create utility Warren> programs that are only used during build in a crosscompiled Warren> environment in automake? Warren> I and working on the libX11 for Freedesktop.org and it builds Warren> a file and uses it during installation, but does not install Warren> it. I am under the impression that automake does not support Warren> this right now. What would be needed to add support for this Warren> feature. I think your plan as posted on the patch list is a good start. I always liked the gcc-style names like `CC_FOR_BUILD', `CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD'; they always seemed the easiest to understand. (Other folks have suggested BUILD_CC, BUILD_CFLAGS, etc. Which, really, aren't that much harder.) Having a `build_' prefix for primaries makes sense to me. For autoconf it would be nice if you could tell it "now I want to do checks on the host compiler" and have it change the definition of CC (and other flags), have a new build-specific config.h, etc. The required changes might be extensive. I agree with Alexandre that we don't have to support target, just host and build. Well, really it might be nice to clean up target library support, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a real need; it is pretty messy. Tom
