Re: [Bug-tar] skip-old-files feature request

[Joerg Schilling]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 11/07/2012 03:16 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > and it compiles/runs for/on Android - not shure whether this is true for 
> > gtar
> > as Android contains a lot of nasty things that prevent gnu autoconf from 
> > working as expected an as gnu autoconf does not support cross-compilation.
>
> Please don't spread FUD.  GNU Autoconf supports cross-compilation just fine.

Since when?

I am not sure whether you know that there are some tests that require to be run 
on the target platform to get a correct result. The GNU autoconf versions I am 
aware of do not support to run binaries on a remote target platform.

Jörg

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