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Re: AC_CHECK_FILE and cross-compilation
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Peter Eisentraut |
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Re: AC_CHECK_FILE and cross-compilation |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:01:18 +0200 (CEST) |
Akim Demaille writes:
> Peter> Why can't I use AC_CHECK_FILE when cross-compiling? If I need
> Peter> to look for a file that is used during the build then that has
> Peter> nothing to do with what the compiler does.
>
> Then just don't use it :) I don't understand the existence of this
> macro, it seems an error to me. If you're looking for some files,
> you'd better do that at runtime.
The macro seems fine in concept, there's nothing wrong with looking for a
file while building. (Heck, header files and programs are just files,
no?)
For example, I need to find the modular DocBook stylesheets to build the
documentation of a package. The found file will be passed on the command
line to jade. Now this macros tells me that I can't build my
documentation when I'm cross-compiling? I don't think so.
I think you should just remove the cross check from the macro and perhaps
make a point in the documentation to remind users to check for build
system not host system features. I'd be happy to write this up.
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Peter Eisentraut address@hidden http://yi.org/peter-e/