Re: 2.59 not going in to cross-compile mode

[Harlan Stenn]

Thanks!  --build=unknown did not work, but --build=i686 did (or at least
seems to be working so far).

There is still the underlying issue of how the documentation and code
disagree on this issue.

H
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> Harlan Stenn <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >  checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> 
> Using --build=unknown might work to trick it, if the configure is
> written properly.  It should be unusual for anything much to depend on
> the build system type.