From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14313 invoked by alias); 15 Feb 2010 19:37:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 14289 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Feb 2010 19:37:44 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (HELO mail-out.m-online.net) (212.18.0.10) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:37:29 +0000 Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED451C0049A; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.166]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C6590262; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.166]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9akieGJTYAxf; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.180.101.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.180.101]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 33553CA298; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:25 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Schwab To: ams@gnu.org Cc: nickc@redhat.com, binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Remove config.cache files when reconfiguring at top level References: <4B796E1D.7000104@redhat.com> X-Yow: I've been WRITING to SOPHIA LOREN every 45 MINUTES since JANUARY 1ST!! Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:37:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:23:10 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-02/txt/msg00374.txt.bz2 "Alfred M. Szmidt" writes: > >> This should be optional, as it also erases any manual changes > >> added to the cache file. > > > > Ah - I did not know that users would ever modify the cache files. > > That's the only way to override cross-compile defaults in target > libraries. > > Can't you pass the variables on the command line? I.e. > > .../configure ac_cv_foo=123 That would also pass it to the host libraries, where it may be inappropriate. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."