Re: Is this a bug in autoconf? (patch included)

[Ralf Corsepius]

Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> To make my question about $nonopt clearer, I'd like to know if there
> is any reason to distinguish HOST when it comes from --host=HOST, and
> HOST went it comes from ./configure HOST.
> 
Canadian Crosses:

Until now you had to use eg. this:
configure --build=`/<package>/config.guess` --host=i386-pc-cygwin32
--target=m68k-rtems

AFAIU, running config.guess to determine $host* was a long withstanding
bug in autoconf. 
The proposal to let $build* be determined from config.guess and to
default $host* from $build* seems logical to me.

Actually, I don't see why config.guess should be run to determine
$host*.

> I see none, but...
> 
>         Akim

Ralf

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