Re: 2.2.6: -ofoo.exe creates foo

[Matthieu Nottale]

Akim Demaille wrote:
> Le 25 nov. 08 à 22:10, Ralf Wildenhues a écrit :
>
> Hi Ralf,
>
>   
> > * Akim Demaille wrote on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:38:56AM CET:
> >     
> > > Le 24 nov. 08 à 21:30, Ralf Wildenhues a écrit :
> > >       
> > > > * Akim Demaille wrote on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 05:06:17PM CET:
> > > >         
> > > > > I suppose our setup is quite unusual.  We use a GNU/Linux machine  
> > > > > and
> > > > > Wine to compile and link using VC++.  Our configure computes that
> > > > > EXEEXT=.exe, which is fine.
> > > > >           
> > > > Erm, so $host is w32?  If yes, ...
> > > >         
> > > address@hidden grep -w host Makefile
> > > host = i586-unknown-pw32
> > >       
> > So you are the first person in half a decade that claims to use pw32.
> > Do you *really* *actually* use pw32?  Or did you just specify that
> > in --host, and really you are using some MinGW/MSYS code?
> >     
>
> I have no idea who chose pw32 here.  That's what we pass for --host.   
> But we also explicitly set CC to cl.exe and so forth.  Maybe someone  
> from Gostai can jump in.
>
>   
No we don't use pw32. We force this --host as a way to tell libtool that 
our target system is Windows.