Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-03 Thread Yann Droneaud
[Moving the discussion to autoconf@gnu.org] Hi, I've recently sent two patches against config.sub to config-patc...@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/config-patches/2013-02/msg0.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/config-patches/2013-02/msg1.html Yann Droneaud (2): conf

Re: Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-05 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Sunday 2013-02-03 10:49, Yann Droneaud wrote: > >I tried to explain the reasonning behind those patches in the following >thread: >http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/config-patches/2013-02/msg2.html > >Those patches are to be used as part of a kind of a workaround for the >need to give a --b

Re: Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-12 Thread Yann Droneaud
Hi, Le mardi 05 février 2013 à 19:15 +0100, Jan Engelhardt a écrit : > On Sunday 2013-02-03 10:49, Yann Droneaud wrote: > > > >So to create a "valid" --build argument, I was going to use > >--build=`uname -p`-`uname -s` but its producing 'x86_64-Linux' which is > >not recognized by config.sub. >

Re: Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-12 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Tuesday 2013-02-12 12:19, Yann Droneaud wrote: >Le mardi 05 février 2013 à 19:15 +0100, Jan Engelhardt a écrit : >> On Sunday 2013-02-03 10:49, Yann Droneaud wrote: >> > >> >So to create a "valid" --build argument, I was going to use >> >--build=`uname -p`-`uname -s` but its producing 'x86_64-Li

Re: Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-13 Thread Keith Marshall
On 03/02/13 09:49, Yann Droneaud wrote: [Moving the discussion to autoconf@gnu.org] So to create a "valid" --build argument, I was going to use --build=`uname -p`-`uname -s` but its producing 'x86_64-Linux' which is not recognized by config.sub. I was surprised by the behavor and made patches to