On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 05:28:21PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Felix Zielcke wrote:
>> Am Mittwoch, den 09.12.2009, 16:19 -0600 schrieb Bruce Dubbs:
>>> config.guess, config.sub, missing, mkinstalldirs, and install-sh are
>>> only copied from /usr/share/automake-<version> as a part of automake.
>>> AFAICT, they are not used in GRUB. I'm pretty sure they are the same
>>> on all architectures, but I could be wrong about that.
>>
>> config.guess and config.sub are used by configure.
>
> Called yes, and it will give errors if not present, but is the output
> used? Looking at configure, I don't think so.
Yes. All the checks that rely on ${host,target,build}_{os,cpu,vendor}
variables use those.
> P.S. Some may ask why I am putting so much into the warnings generated
> by the build process. There are a few reasons. First, I feel that
> persistent warnings tend to make developers ignore ALL warnings and that
> makes it very easy to miss something relevant.
Agreed.
--
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