On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Tristan Van Berkom <t...@gnome.org> wrote: > Forwarding this on list ... > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Maarten Bosmans <mkbosm...@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:18 AM >> Subject: glade configure.ac patch >> To: t...@gnome.org >> >> Hi Tristan, >> >> I am mailing you directly, because I couldn't find the right mailing >> list for glade and you just released a 3.8.1 stable release. >> >> Attached is a patch for configure to use AC_CANONICAL_HOST. (in master >> _SYSTEM is already changed to _TARGET, but it also should be _HOST) >> For a rationale, please see >> http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/autoconf/canonical.html > > Can you clarify for me what this will change ? > > Currently from reading this I think it should probably be _TARGET, not > _HOST.
To be fair, _HOST looks like it's right for "just about anything".. I'm more curious about what is the justification for this change, why do you for instance want this change ? Would changing _TARGET to _HOST mean that you can no longer cross-compile Glade ? > > "The system against which the software being built will run on. This > actor only exists, or rather has a meaning, when the software being > built may interact specifically with a system that differs from the > one it's being executed on (our host). This is the case for compilers, > debuggers, profilers and analyzers and other tools in general." > > Cheers, > -Tristan > _______________________________________________ Glade-devel maillist - Glade-devel@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/glade-devel
