Hello, On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:47:04AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > Stepan Kasal <kasal@xxxxxx> writes: > > > * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_LINK_IFELSE): Skip AS_TEST_X > > > when cross-compiling. > Hmm, I am not convinced. If this check can be skipped for cross > compilation (Which I think is not correct), why can't it always be > skipped? there are two ends for this: 1) When a native compiler builds an output file, but does not set +x on it, it might be an indication of an error. Such a situation was described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-10/msg00048.html So the more strict check in the native case can help when you are trying a build on a weird platform. 2) OTOH, when cross-compiling, people tend to specify the compiler explicitely, and tend to know more details about the tools, so the more strict checks might just get in their way, rather than help. The current combination tries to prevent both types of surprises. Have a nice day, Stepan Kasal _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
