>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Akim> Your explanation is very correct. AC_CHECK_TOOL only needs
Akim> host_alias, hence there was no reason to require AC_CANONICAL_*.
adl> Has anyone a plan to change this in Automake?
Eventually when we move to traces this will change.
For now we must be conservative. I believe the last released autoconf
still has the old behavior. We must work with that.
adl> Otherwise, as install-strip is concerned, another idea is to:
adl> 1) not call AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP from AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
adl> 2) revert all `commenting' that has been done in AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP
adl> 3) ask the user to call AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP if she uses
adl> AC_CANONICAL_HOST or AC_CANONICAL_TARGET (automake can
adl> check for this, I guess).
One reason I knew it was "ok" to disable this entirely is that
packages which are set up for cross-compilation still have to do a lot
of work themselves. For instance they must search for the cross
ranlib themselves. That is, this is a general problem in autoconf
that I prefer we solve there, not in automake.
Tom