From: Stepan Kasal Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 19:51:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Names): `--host' does not X-Git-Tag: v2.62~346 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c884bca9cd33dbbfc9f428dc0ce7d75c02997b10;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Names): `--host' does not change the build type. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index cd137b62..5469ccbb 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-03-09 Stepan Kasal + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Names): `--host' does not + change the build type. + 2007-03-05 Paul Eggert * doc/autoconf.texi (C Compiler): Warn that AC_C_BIGENDIAN diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 45697101..53f92740 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -15571,7 +15571,7 @@ Autoconf provides a uniform method for handling unguessable features. @section Specifying the System Type @cindex System type -Like other @acronym{GNU} @command{configure} scripts, Autoconf-generated +Autoconf-generated @command{configure} scripts can make decisions based on a canonical name for the system type, which has the form: @samp{@var{cpu}-@var{vendor}-@var{os}}, where @var{os} can be @@ -15604,8 +15604,8 @@ produce code (rarely needed). By default, it is the same as host. If you mean to override the result of @command{config.guess}, use @option{--build}, not @option{--host}, since the latter enables -cross-compilation. For historical reasons, passing @option{--host} also -changes the build type. Therefore, whenever you specify @option{--host}, +cross-compilation. For historical reasons, +whenever you specify @option{--host}, be sure to specify @option{--build} too; this will be fixed in the future. So, to enter cross-compilation mode, use a command like this