Re: LT_PATH_NM uses too strict a check

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Ximin Luo wrote:
> This means libtool will only use standard `nm` when $build == $host. It will
> overlook `nm` for (build, host) pairs of e.g.
>
> - (i686-pc-linux-gnu, i486-pc-linux-gnu)
> - (core2-pc-linux-gnu, athlon64-pc-linux-gnu)
>
> This is too strict and unnecessary, because (AFAIK; I may be wrong) they still
> use the same object file format, and the same `nm` will work on both platforms.

How is configure/libtool supposed to know that?

BTFW, most cross-build bugs which have been reported are due to host 
tools/libraries/headers accidentally leaking into the cross build. 
This is why the cross-build infrastructure needs to work really hard 
to prevent that.

Bob
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