configure scripts and cross-compiling

2001-05-23 Thread Mike Culbertson
Could somone specify what it is generic configure script would have to find in order to think that the compiler I am using (gcc 2.95-3 on sun/sparc solaris 8) is a cross-compiler? I have a fairly standard install of everything, and I am using no proprietary tools with the exception of a few in

Re: configure scripts and cross-compiling

2001-05-23 Thread Guido Draheim
You are doing fine, just some configure-checks are not ready for cross-compiling, and that's what you are warned about. Basically, the package that you are trying to cross-compile has not been made ready for cross-compiling. Two approaches: a) learn about config.site or cache-file, and let it

Re: configure scripts and cross-compiling

2001-05-23 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
gd == Guido Draheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] gd b) bigendian-crosscompilecheck is a common problem, may be gd the next generation autoconf will have the solution that gd is currently present in in the autoconf-archive BTW, now that 2.50 is out, maybe someone can review these