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Re: AC_OBJEXT again


From: Alexandre Oliva
Subject: Re: AC_OBJEXT again
Date: 12 Dec 2000 16:02:21 -0200
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On Dec 12, 2000, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:

> What you describe is precisely what I meant by `build': there is not a
> single reference to the host in what you describe.

Nope, the output of the compiler follows conventions of the host
machine, so it's a characteristic of the host.

> Because some people might use a cross-compiler which produces foo,
> not foo.exe, while the machine on which the executable will be
> installed needs to be installed as foo.exe.

Such a cross-compiler would be a broken compiler.  I don't know of any
such cross-compilers, so this point is moot.

> Why isn't `install' which takes care of this on the *host* machine?

Because install isn't part of a cross-build environment, so it knows
only about the build machine, not the host machine?

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