Re: [Gnash-dev] ffmpeg version grokking

[Russ Nelson]

Bastiaan Jacques writes:
 > On Tue, 20 May 2008, Russ Nelson wrote:
 > 
 > > "but when cross-compiling we cannot run a test
 > > program," which I don't understand.
 > 
 > Suppose you're compiling a PowerPC program on your Intel-compatible
 > system. If you have a cross compiler you'll be able to compile it. But
 > you can't run the resulting program on your Intel.

Uhhhhhhh, read ./configure.  It compiles and runs programs natively.
Configure doesn't NOT work when you're cross-compiling, so I must be
missing something here.

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