Re: list of --host options

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 2:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to Benoit SIGOURE on 10/1/2007 5:30 AM:
> > By the way, I have a question to the list, AC_CANONICAL_HOST implies
> > AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, maybe this should be mentionned in the
> > documentation?
>
> Why not propose a patch?

Done before you asked :)

> >  Also, is it normal that I absolutely need to use
> > automake in order to use AC_CANONICAL_*?
>
> No.  Autoconf also ships with a version of install-sh, so if you  
> really
> want to avoid automake, then you can manually add the install-sh from
> autoconf into your project rather than requiring automake to  
> install it
> for you.  Automake merely makes the task easier.

Alright but the problem ATM is that configure complains that install- 
sh is missing when one runs it.  Wouldn't it be better to report that  
install-sh is missing at autoconf time?  This would make it possible  
to tell "you can cp install-sh from /path/to/where/autoconf/install/ 
has/put/it".  Or if this isn't possible, I think the error message  
given by configure should make it clear that the user can (and  
actually should) copy install-sh from autoconf.  I had the feeling  
that I had done something wrong, and manually copying install-sh  
would have felt like a "dirty workaround" whereas it's the right  
thing to do.

Cheers,

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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