[Buildroot] [uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] buildroot:package: Remove configure target parameter in Makefile.autotools.in

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday, February 08, 2011 22:01:52 Sonic Zhang wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 23:49, Sonic Zhang wrote:
> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>>>>>>> "Sonic" == Sonic Zhang writes:
> >>>  Sonic> Some autotools based software packages generate prefix name to
> >>> the Sonic> binary after running install if you set --target parameter.
> >>> 
> >>>  Sonic> For example:
> >>> 
> >>>  Sonic> --target=arm
> >>> 
> >>>  Sonic> rcp is rename to "linux-arm-rcp" after running install
> >>> 
> >>> These packages typically accept the configure options
> >>> --program-transform-name to make them not do that.
> >> 
> >> Yes, but for some packages, --host and --target are not the same as
> >> defined in buildroot.
> > 
> > yes they are
> > 
> >> For example, to build on x86, run on arm and generate binary for mips.
> > 
> > but that is what we're doing.  we build on x86, run on arm, and
> > generate for arm.
> 
> Are you sure buildroot should be limited to the same --host and --target
> only?

until buildroot grows support to let users specify a --target, it is already 
limited to that.

i already sent a patch to upstream inetutils to fix their autoconf and they 
accepted it.
-mike
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