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Re: list of --host options
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Benoit SIGOURE |
Subject: |
Re: list of --host options |
Date: |
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:11:21 +0200 |
On Oct 1, 2007, at 2:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
According to Benoit SIGOURE on 10/1/2007 5:30 AM:
By the way, I have a question to the list, AC_CANONICAL_HOST implies
AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, maybe this should be mentionned in the
documentation?
Why not propose a patch?
Done before you asked :)
Also, is it normal that I absolutely need to use
automake in order to use AC_CANONICAL_*?
No. Autoconf also ships with a version of install-sh, so if you
really
want to avoid automake, then you can manually add the install-sh from
autoconf into your project rather than requiring automake to
install it
for you. Automake merely makes the task easier.
Alright but the problem ATM is that configure complains that install-
sh is missing when one runs it. Wouldn't it be better to report that
install-sh is missing at autoconf time? This would make it possible
to tell "you can cp install-sh from /path/to/where/autoconf/install/
has/put/it". Or if this isn't possible, I think the error message
given by configure should make it clear that the user can (and
actually should) copy install-sh from autoconf. I had the feeling
that I had done something wrong, and manually copying install-sh
would have felt like a "dirty workaround" whereas it's the right
thing to do.
Cheers,
--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory
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