Re: cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...)

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On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 11:06 +0200, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > Why on earth does someone need this explicitly during the build?
> > If you have portable software, all of that should be hidden in the code
> > and use "sizeof(int)".
> 
> From the "developer of a buildsystem" POV: there will be users who will need 
> it. 

I think that epitomises what's wrong with autoconf. Sometimes, the best
thing to do is tell your users that they _don't_ need whatever it is
they're asking you for.

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dwmw2

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