On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-01-03 15:30 +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 03:51:03PM +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > >> On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Colin Watson wrote:
> >> > Here's a better stopgap that lets us keep the sandbox enabled: Thanks, this works now. > >> Helmut Grohne suggests to always pass both, even if equal. Probably > >> to eliminate an entire error class, even if not necessary. *shrug* > >> If this works, all the better. > > > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz claims that it causes > > modern autoconf to switch to cross-compiling mode even if the values are > > equal (though I haven't tracked down the exact details of this). > > That's not quite correct, but many people have been wondering about it. > You can see my own ramblings in #682780[1], on the upstream mailing I > received a reply stating that cross-compiling mode is not to be entered > in this case[2]. Oh okay, thanks for the references! > 1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=682780 > 2. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2012-07/msg00014.html bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB 5168 (AG Bonn) • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg
