Re: configure script cross-compile issues

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* Noah Misch wrote on Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:40:26AM CEST:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 09:27:26PM +0100, Mark Fortescue wrote:
> 
> > Fixing configure scripts (mainly as they are auto generated) is very 
> > tedious and difficult. There must be a better way to get cross compilation 
> > settings correct.
> 
> It can be easier to edit `config.h' and Makefile variables directly to get
> things working.  You can distill the manual changes into `configure.ac'
> modifications when finished.

Often, setting cache variables (in config.cache, when running 'configure
-C', or in config.site, for this specific cross setup) is often less
tedious IME.  Of course fixing the configure tests in the sources is the
right way to address things.

Cheers,
Ralf