Quoth Ian Lance Taylor:
> This works because build != host only arises when the user does
> something odd. If you are building with a cross-compiler, you should
> use --host. If you are not building with a cross-compiler, you should
> not use --host.
>
> What actual case are you concerned abou
From: Felix Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:19:00 -0700
Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> - Ideal cross compiling situation:
> The user said --host. This gives a better control than build != host.
what if I'm specifying --host because for some reason I
Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> - Ideal cross compiling situation:
> The user said --host. This gives a better control than build != host.
what if I'm specifying --host because for some reason I
don't like the string that config.guess comes up with?
for instance, I'm building on a sparc-
> -Original Message-
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:36 PM
> To: Peter Eisentraut
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> Subject: Re: Definition of cross-compiling
>
>
> - Ideal cross compiling situation:
> The u
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:30:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Perhaps this is a stupid idea, but what about some kind of
config.compare script that takes two arguments (the $host and the $build)
and figures out if the two are "really the same" or if a cross compil
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:12:31 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1) build != host -- That won't work because firstly config.sub isn't quite
that smart to guarantee lexical equalness in all cases, the problem often
being the vendor part being kinda random.
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Okay, so I don't claim to know a thing about cross-compilation, but the
> current confusion around these parts doesn't help either. So let's pose
> this question: How do you *define* a cross-compilation situation, at least
> for the purposes of the A
> "Peter" == Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Okay, so I don't claim to know a thing about cross-compilation,
Peter> but the current confusion around these parts doesn't help
Peter> either.
2 * likewise :)
Here is my understanding, plus some of my opinion (forged by list
