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

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Tom> A while back I had to do some work on Windows.  I built my
Tom> Windows-native gcc on Linux by using --build=linux,
Tom> --host=cygwin, and --target=cygwin.  The result was a gcc
Tom> executable which ran on Windows and which generated Windows
Tom> executables.

I think this demonstrates quite well the flaws of the previous scheme.
It is much more logical to be able to just

        ./configure --host=cygwin

Akim