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Re: [toplevel] Gas install name problem from autoconf 2.5x
On Sep 3, 2003, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> wrote:
>> The new scheme is to specify --build instead. $host defaults to
>> $build.
> Unfortunately I'm not sure that this works with older versions of
> autoconf. In fact I'm pretty sure that it doesn't.
It doesn't. You (toplev) have to know what (subdir's) autoconf you're
talking to.
> I think that, as you said, we do not have any choice. The alternative
> is forking autoconf to reverse the decision, and I certainly don't
> want to do that.
I think the autoconf decision was sound (although I disliked it
because I could see the amount of disruption it would cause), but it's
done, so we'll have to choose a date to call flag day.
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