[Mingw-cross-env-list] Specifying --build (was: make curl fails)

[Tony Theodore]

On 27 November 2011 01:13, Mark Brand <address@hidden> wrote:
> I just came across this discussion of the subject:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2011-01/msg00022.html
>
> Specifically, this message:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2011-01/msg00025.html
>
> I wonder if we should take this advice about "--build":
>>
>>   Hint: if you mean to override the result of config.guess, prefer --build
>> over
>>   --host. In the future, --host will not override the name of the build
>> system
>>   type. Whenever you specify --host, be sure to specify --build too.

Sounds like a good idea, we do something similar thing in guile.mk
[1]. I wonder if we should abstract --host, --build, and --prefix into
a main Makefile variable?

Cheers,

Tony

[1] 
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/mingw-cross-env-list/2011-03/msg00085.html