automake cross compile on Linux

2009-11-28 Thread Ken Perl
Hi, I created a very simple configure.ac with autoscan for the hello wold program, and a very simple Makefile.am, $cat Makefile.am bin_PROGRAMS = hello hello_SOURCES = hello.c I may configure; make successfully on Linux, but when I tried to build it for win32 crossly on Linux, I have trouble, se

writability of directories in distributions

2009-11-28 Thread Harlan Stenn
I just saw a patch go by about changing the perms on directories in distribution tarballs. I'm a fan of 775 myself (ok, I really prefer 2775). But I can see that some would prefer 777, and others would prefer 755. The other issue, as I recall, has to do with whether or not 'root' is doing the un