Ok. I need to return to asking some questions with my new understanding of --build, --host, and --target (which I'm incredibly grateful for and happy about).
I have returned to working with OpenLDAP. The configure script is generated with autconf-2.13.1. It uses AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM, which you say is deprecated. I assume, however, that it still works to some extent. I tried to configure with the following: $ ./configure --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-mingw32 I've left --target off, since I know it will get the value of --host, which is what I want. It does. First, some questions: - What is correct: i386-pc-mingw32 or i686-pc-mingw32? If one is correct, why? If both are correct, how does one decide which one to use? - I notice that if I merely use --host=mingw32, config.guess will equate "mingw32" as "i386-unknown-mingw32". Why? - Is there a plan to get "32" from "mingw32", i.e. "mingw"? Of course, that won't be useful with old projects that still need the "32" to be present... :( === Now my results: - I never see configure look for i686-pc-mingw32-gcc. It merely picks up 'gcc'. Any ideas why? - I DO see configure look for ${host} binutils, i.e. i686-pc-mingw32-<tool>, but since I don't have symlinks, it finds unprefixed versions of the tools. This, of course, is what I want to happen. Jon -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/