On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 03:13:58PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 09:07:54PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > There is no need to specify --host when not cross-compiling, and > > > specifying > > > it will result in autoconf believing that the compiler should be invoked > > > as > > > a cross-compiler. Sometimes this has strange side effects as well. > > > Hadn't this been fixed quite some time ago ? Or wasn't it something with > > --target ? Because I've been using --build and --host for a long time > > with no problem. > > AFAIK there's nothing to be fixed here. If you specify both --build and > --host, autoconf sees this as a request for cross-compiling. Of course, > invoking the native compiler as a cross-compiler should /generally/ give the > same results as invoking it as "gcc", so it's entirely possible that it > doesn't cause problems on your packages.
The autoconf documentation says only if you enter both and they're different will it enter cross compiling mode. FWIW, the dh_make samples set both. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]