running tests when cross-compiling

2009-02-11 Thread Vadim Zeitlin
Hello, Configure is smart enough to not try to run the tests when cross-compiling which is usually, of course, the right thing to do. However in some situations you can actually run the program even when cross-compiling: the example which matters to me is when you cross-compile from Cygwin to mi

Re: running tests when cross-compiling

2009-02-11 Thread Coleman Kane
On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 18:11 +0100, Vadim Zeitlin wrote: > Hello, > > Configure is smart enough to not try to run the tests when cross-compiling > which is usually, of course, the right thing to do. However in some > situations you can actually run the program even when cross-compiling: the > exa

Re: running tests when cross-compiling

2009-02-11 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Vadim Zeitlin wrote: > Configure is smart enough to not try to run the tests when cross-compiling It does? I thought these tests just failed. > which is usually, of course, the right thing to do. However in some > situations you can actually run the program even when cross-compiling: the > exam