Hello!
RPM (RedHat package manager) as of version 3.0.4 uses the following macro
in its default configuration file
%configure \
%{?__libtoolize:[ -f configure.in ] && %{__libtoolize} --copy --force} \
CFLAGS="%{optflags}" ./configure %{_target_platform} --prefix=%{_prefix}
Package creators are encouraged to use this macro, i.e. they should call
%configure instead on ./configure in the package build scripts.
%{_target_platform} expands to the canonicalized triplet. For the packages
using the future versions of Autoconf this should be
--build %{_target_platform}
But is it safe for old versions of Autoconf? Will it have the same effect
if e.g. config.guess fails to recognize the architecture? If it is, we
should recommend RPM developers to add "--build" before
%{_target_platform}
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
