AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS problem

[David Snopek]

I am using autoconf 2.52.  I have a project that requires a seperate 
configure script in a child directory.  I specify its directory in 
AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS.  In most cases everything works properly:  I run the 
main configuration script which, when complete, runs the other 
configure.  I have just started experimenting with cross-compiling 
(using mingw32) and I have to specify --host,--build and --target 
options to the configure script.  But when the subdir configure is run, 
a set of arguments are pass to it, in the form of "build_alias=...", 
"host_alias=...", and "target_alias=...".  These are interpreted as host 
specifications because they have no "--" signs.

I believe I have traced their origin to acgeneral.m4, lines 1555 to 1566 
(although i am not *totally* sure).  It seems that they are intended for 
config.status but are unknowningly passed to the other configuration 
script.  Is this a bug??  Or am doing something wrong??  Is there a 
version of autoconf where everything is known to work properly that I 
can upgrade/downgrade to??


Thanks ...

        -- David Snopek

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