Peter Rosin wrote: > it is wrong, it is a cross compile I don't want to discuss words. The term "cross compile" was coined at a time when every machine had only 1 format of executables that it could execute. Now there are two possible meanings of the term.
> I think a warning is warranted somewhere if you > are trying to run the host code on the build machine in a cross setup. > Doing so must be considered fragile. There's nothing fragile about it. Autoconf detects whether it can run binaries produced by $CC or not. It's in line with Autoconf's design to determine attributes about the build environment, so that the user does not have to provide this information explicitly. Bruno
