config.guess and config.sub don't work properly when specifying CC

Hello list, on Ubuntu 8.04 I find that if I specify CC when I run configure, the configure script dies when it runs config.sub. I get this output $ CC=/usr/local/gcc-4.3.0/bin/gcc ./config.guess x86_64-unknown-linux- but when I run with the system compiler (gcc 4.2.4): $ ./config.guess

Re: config.guess and config.sub don't work properly when specifying CC

Hello Nicolas, * Nicolas Bock wrote on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:41:35PM CET: on Ubuntu 8.04 I find that if I specify CC when I run configure, the configure script dies when it runs config.sub. I get this output $ CC=/usr/local/gcc-4.3.0/bin/gcc ./config.guess x86_64-unknown-linux- but

Re: config.guess and config.sub don't work properly when specifying CC

Thanks, I forwarded my original question. nick On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 13:06, Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.dewrote: Hello Nicolas, * Nicolas Bock wrote on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:41:35PM CET: on Ubuntu 8.04 I find that if I specify CC when I run configure, the configure script

making config files

Hi, I've been working on a project, Ganglia, that is built with autotools Included in the source tree are templates for various configuration files (e.g. modpython.conf.in). Some of these include hard coded paths. It seems appropriate to replace the hardcoded paths with substitutions

Re: making config files

Daniel Pocock wrote: Therefore, I felt that I should be aiming to have the config files generated at the last moment - probably during `make install', just before they are installed. Can anyone suggest best practice for doing this? please refer to

Re: making config files

Peter Johansson wrote: Daniel Pocock wrote: Therefore, I felt that I should be aiming to have the config files generated at the last moment - probably during `make install', just before they are installed. Can anyone suggest best practice for doing this? please refer to

Re: making config files

Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au writes: Thanks for that - the sed example appears to be the type of thing I want. However, is there a more concise way to do this? I was thinking there may be some way to invoke sed or m4 on a template in much the way that gcc is invoked for *.c Half of

Re: making config files

Russ Allbery wrote: Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au writes: Thanks for that - the sed example appears to be the type of thing I want. However, is there a more concise way to do this? I was thinking there may be some way to invoke sed or m4 on a template in much the way that