Re: [PATCH] Implement AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([DEFAULT-MODE]).

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2008-09-04 08:24:57 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> GNU awk should be cross compilable, but also it has not, as far as I
> know, yet updated to autotools which need an awk to be present.  Since
> this is bound to happen at some point, if cross compilation is not an
> option for some system, and neither is compiling an old gawk version
> first etc.), then we need to discuss the situation; preferably with the
> Gawk maintainer, bug-standards, Autoconf, and Automake people involved.
> (But let's not cross that bridge unless we have to, please.)

I don't know if it is possible to cross-compile. The main problem is
that the glibc is very old on the Zaurus (with Sharp's ROM): 2.2.2.

But the best thing to do is probably to keep an old version of awk to
bootstrap, then recompile a newer version.

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