Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes <klee at apple dot com>]

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 02:07 PM, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Unfortunately I think some other aspects of the configure scripts
> require --target to be passed down unconditionally. :-/  Otherwise I'd
> just change it.
There's a useful thread on the host/target/build business in 
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/autoconf/2002-02/msg00059.html (which I 
imagine you're already familiar with, but it makes a nice reference).

I did some preliminary experiments with modifying what the top-level 
configure passes down, and at least from the binutils/gdb side of 
things, it looked promising.  I ended up changing the top-level 
configure semantics to match that of autoconf:

	configure --build=BUILD --host=HOST --target=TARGET UNDEFS

	1. You aren't allowed to specify --host, --build, --target, and undefs 
at the same time.
	2. Build defaults to undefs.
	3. If undefs is not specified, then build defaults to the current 
host, as determined by config.guess.
	4. Host defaults to undefs.
	5. If undefs is not specified, then host defaults to build.
	6. Target defaults to undefs.
	7. If undefs is not specified, then target defaults to host.

	passing --host means you cross compile (whatever the relationship 
between host and build)
	passing --target means you build a cross-tool (whatever the 
relationship between host and target).

	--host and --target are only passed to sub-configures if they were 
explicitly passed to the top-level configure on the command-line.

This fixed the problem with things installing in the wrong places; the 
only fallout was that the emulation-selection code in binutils/ needed 
to be changed to refer to $target instead of $target_alias.  A basic 
gcc build appeared to work, but I didn't try anything more complicated 
than a stadard cross-compile setup.

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