Hi, I'm trying to use autoconf (2.59) to create 32 or 64 bit libraries based on an enable flag when processor supports both (i.e. x86_64 or EM64T). The issue I have come across is the gnu linker ld which automatically has "-m elf_x86_64" added through the generated configure script (LD="/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64"). Even if I set CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS to "-m32" the result is the same. Looking at the internals of the configure script (excerpt below) there should be some way to request 32 bit and it should append "-m elf_i386" instead. I have tried setting LD manually but it is overwritten with each AC_PROG_test (where test is CXX or CPP or some other test) and during these tests it appears that other important variables are being set which cause the build to fail because they end up trying to use 64 bit libraries instead of 32 bit. I suppose I could force it after each and every AC_PROG_TEST but that seems rather redundant and not at all robust. Any help would be greatly appreciated. configure *************************************************************************** ... x86_64-*linux*|ppc*-*linux*|powerpc*-*linux*|s390*-*linux*|sparc*- *linux*) # Find out which ABI we are using. echo 'int i;' > conftest.$ac_ext if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5 (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5 ac_status=$? echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5 (exit $ac_status); }; then case "`/usr/bin/file conftest.o`" in *32-bit*) case $host in x86_64-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_i386" ;; ppc64-*linux*|powerpc64-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf32ppclinux" ;; s390x-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_s390" ;; sparc64-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf32_sparc" ;; esac ;; *64-bit*) case $host in x86_64-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_x86_64" ;; ppc*-*linux*|powerpc*-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64ppc" ;; s390*-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64_s390" ;; sparc*-*linux*) LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64_sparc" ;; esac ;; esac fi rm -rf conftest* ;; ... _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf