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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2012-04-23 10:30:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2012-04-23 10:30:19 -0700 |
| commit | ed96f6541caacbc35cd8fca6444d04b40bba9b1a (patch) | |
| tree | 600578401d53192ab5e87ad051d41de472b6ae8b | |
| parent | eaa96cb8bd6dca5317329b6682df91dfda286d06 (diff) | |
| download | autoconf-ed96f6541caacbc35cd8fca6444d04b40bba9b1a.tar.gz | |
doc: document --build and cross-compilation better
* doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Target Triplets): Mention that
specifying a build-type that differs from host-type enables
cross-compilation. Problem reported by Bruno Haible in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-04/msg00009.html
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/autoconf.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 2ae8bb93..b1295ebe 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -21747,10 +21747,12 @@ system types are involved. The options to specify them are: @item --build=@var{build-type} the type of system on which the package is being configured and compiled. It defaults to the result of running @command{config.guess}. +Specifying a @var{build-type} that differs from @var{host-type} enables +cross-compilation mode. @item --host=@var{host-type} the type of system on which the package runs. By default it is the -same as the build machine. Specifying it enables the cross-compilation +same as the build machine. Specifying it enables cross-compilation mode. @item --target=@var{target-type} |