canadian vs build==host configury (and $with_cross_host)

[Mohan Embar]

Hi All,

>  # Passing a --with-cross-host argument lets the target libraries know
>  # whether they are being built with a cross-compiler or being built
>  # native.  However, it would be better to use other mechanisms to make the 
>  # sorts of decisions they want to make on this basis.  Please consider
>  # this option to be deprecated.  FIXME.
>
>I wonder what those other mechanisms could be.
>
>Perhaps, if we always use the canonical names for decision-making in
>configure.ac, we can just:
>
>if test -z "$with_cross_host"; then
>  with_cross_host=$build
>fi
>
>$with_cross_host should only be empty if the user initially did not
>pass --host to configure.  So, it should default to the build machine.

My $0.02:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2006-q4/msg00319.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2006-q4/msg00321.html

-- Mohan
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