Daniel E. Macks wrote: > Duft Markus <Markus.Duft@xxxxxxxxxx> said: >>> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config >>> configure: WARNING: In the future, Autoconf will not detect >> cross-tools >>> whose name does not start with the host triplet. If you think this >>> configuration is useful to you, please write to autoconf@xxxxxxxx >> The future behavior does make sense. Also, autoconf still supports what >> you want, and just issues a warning, right? > > I'm coming in late to the game here and I'm just an autotools user but > I do deal with test-writing and pkg-config. Where can I read about > what on earth changed and what this warning means? What triggers it vs > what is the "new way to do it correctly"? Is it something that affects > standard autoconf macros or only ones I might write myself? For > example, I know what a host triplet is, but what kind of tools are > "cross-tools"? Hi Dan, The warning is only presented when cross-compiling, so, if you were building on --build=i386-linux and tagetting --host=arm-linux, for example, AC_CHECK_TOOL([PKGCONFIG],[pkgconfig],[:]) will currently look for 'arm-linux-pkgconfig', then look for plain old 'pkgconfig' and it will warn about not detecting cross-tools in the future. Josef noted that he did not want this to change. I'm inclined to agree with him, people who are cross-compiling may not have all of the `tools' available as triplet-prefixed-name, but are likely to have their PATH set correctly to point at the cross-tools. Peter -- Peter O'Gorman http://pogma.com _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
