Re: Autoconf will (not?) detect cross-tools unprefixed

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Eric Blake wrote:

> > The original posted of this thread should be smacked for the Subject:,
> > and every followup poster (including me), for not adjusting it.  :-/
> >
> > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:37:59PM CEST:
> > > I think we should keep a warning (so that unwary users get aware that
> > > they *may* be using the wrong tools), but not the current one.  Proposed
> > > replacement:
> > >
> > >   configure: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet
> [moving a proposed patch from autoconf-patches back to this list]
>
> What does everyone think about applying this patch?

I think that the documentation should skip the rationale behind the 
behavior and should only document what the software does.  It should 
be clear about how tools are expected to be named.  The warnings 
should sound dire.

The idea that selecting the wrong programs might "lead to some bugs" 
is kind of funny.  Using the wrong tools may in fact build bug-free 
software which runs great on a completely different operating system 
or hardware target.

Bob
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