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> Why is <insert any configure script> searching for <xyzzy> on > platform <gazonk> when <xyzzy> isn't available there? > <pause> > Because it's the autoconf way! It's not a bug. > [...] First of all, thanks for your answer. At the moment, "autoconf's way" means generating a pointless warning or alternatively forcing the user to come up with some work-around to deal with a platform-specific issue. Imagine each platform had a special tool. How many symlinks or variables should the user set? There must be a better way. autoconf knows it is cross-compiling and can probably find out that the current target is not cygwin or Windows. In my opinion, it should not try to find a tool that it will never use anyway with the current configuration. Cheers, rdiez _______________________________________________ https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool