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

[Mark Brand]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Tony Theodore <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 27 November 2011 07:26, Mark Brand <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Shall we just install the config.guess from gcc to
>>> <mcedir>/usr/bin/config.guess and add the following to the main
>>> Makefile?:
>>>
>>>    BUILD      := $(shell $(PWD)/usr/bin/config.guess)
>>
>> This better I think:
>>
>>    BUILD      := $(shell $(PREFIX)/bin/config.guess)
>>
>> Mark
>
> This seems ideal, gcc is the "perfect" source for config.guess, if a
> platform isn't recognised by gcc, we can't do much with it!
>
> I think it's safe to put this is in $(PREFIX)/bin, even without a
> prefix, this script is always appropriate to run on the build machine.
>
> There's another script, config.sub. I'm not sure what it does, but it
> seems to be a complement to config.guess. I imagine that if we install
> them in the same place, all will be fine.
>

I'm doing a complete rebuild with the changes discussed above and
--build options added to packages that used to use the "wine
cross_compiling hack". Unless I hear an objection, if everything looks
good, I'll push the changes. We can always revert..

Mark