Re: [toplevel] Gas install name problem from autoconf 2.5x

[Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>]

On Sep  3, 2003, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> wrote:

>> The new scheme is to specify --build instead.  $host defaults to
>> $build.

> Unfortunately I'm not sure that this works with older versions of
> autoconf.  In fact I'm pretty sure that it doesn't.

It doesn't.  You (toplev) have to know what (subdir's) autoconf you're
talking to.

> I think that, as you said, we do not have any choice.  The alternative
> is forking autoconf to reverse the decision, and I certainly don't
> want to do that.

I think the autoconf decision was sound (although I disliked it
because I could see the amount of disruption it would cause), but it's
done, so we'll have to choose a date to call flag day.

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