Re: --build and --host

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Henrique" == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <address@hidden> writes:

Henrique> It also means Debian will need to fork config.guess
Henrique> permanently so as to force autoconf stuff to build using the
Henrique> correct host arch (since there seems to be no way to
Henrique> sepecify a build architecture without entering
Henrique> cross-compiling mode or risking weird sidefects).  Did I get
Henrique> that right?

I don't understand what you mean here.  configure is one thing,
config.guess is another.  config.guess is already cross-compilation
proof: its task is to guess the *build* machine, and it does by being
independent of the cross-compiler.

And, as for Autoconf, passing --build, changes the build machine
without entering cross-compilation.