configure scripts and cross-compiling

[Alexandre Oliva]

On May 23, 2001, Mike Culbertson <mikec@infoleak.com> wrote:

> Could somone specify what it is generic configure script would have to
> find in order to think that the compiler I am using (gcc 2.95-3 on
> sun/sparc solaris 8) is a cross-compiler?

It would try to run a `main(){ exit(0); }' program built with that
compiler and be fail.

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