Re: AC_TRY_RUN and cross-compiling (was: Re: ORBit 0.5.8 Cross-Compile problems...)

[Ossama Othman]

Hi Dan,

On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:31:33PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> In theory, sure.  However, I've never seen anyone do anything
> fancy in the 'if-cross-compiling' case but pick a default.

In practice, I have done exactly what I suggested in ACE's configure
script, i.e. fallback on a compile/link-time test for the
"action-if-cross-compiling" case.  I'm sure there are other autoconf
users out there besides me that have done similar.

-Ossama
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