Re: bash-3.1 build feedback

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 08:40:30AM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 
> > this is the same thing as cross-compiling which doesnt work correctly
> > when it comes to generating the signal lists ... the binutils you are
> > using is older which is why binutils segfaulted ... it should be fixed
> > in newer versions to error out gracely when attempting to combine 32
> > and 64 bit objects incorrectly
> 
> There's no real good way to generate things that require access to the
> target machine's headers and libraries at compile time.

it could be done by using a creative .c file, running the
preprocessor on it, and then grepping the output into a temp header
file ... i guess i could post my PoC and see if it's rejected right
out
-mike