Control: tag -1 +pending On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 09:31:42AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Source: mutt > Version: 1.7.1-2 > Tags: patch > User: helm...@debian.org > Usertags: rebootstrap > > mutt fails to cross build from source, because it compiles build tools > such as makedoc or mutt_md5 using the host architecture compiler. Beyond > that, configure misdetect the permission for /var/mail causing > mutt_dotlock to be skipped. > > Using the build architecture compiler for build tools is not entirely > trivial, because those tools include config.h. It generally contains > test results for the host architecture, which may be different for the > host architecture. Thus config.h must not be included when using the > build architecture compiler. This may be considered a regression for > native builds and thus unsuitable for upstream. I don't know a proper > fix here. > > Still the attached patch makes cross builds work on Debian. Please > consider applying it. >
Thanks for the patch. I'll apply it in the next version.
