RE: release Autoconf?

[Bernard Dautrevaux]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Oliva [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 5:38 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: Akim Demaille; Lars J. Aas; Steven G. Johnson; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: release Autoconf?
> 
> 
> On May 11, 2001, Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Are you thinking about something in analogy to AC_CHECK_TOOL
> > ($target-cpp or similar?). At least the gnu toolchain does not have
> > such a beast, but it might be worth checking for in the cross
> > compilation case.
> 
> > BTW: Why isn't 'cpp' on this list?
> 
> There should be a $target-cpp installed with GCC 2.95 or newer.  So we
> should probably test for it, to catch cross-compiling cases.  But
> then, gcc -E works too, so perhaps this is not necessary.
> 

Yeah, but when installing cross compilers, whatever their origin, I try to
arrange so that I can get all the tools as $target-tool, from cc to as to
... So I would probably also install the cross cpp as $target-cpp if this
allows to find it while $CC -E may not work if the compiler is a bit
exotic...

Regards,

        Bernard

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