Re: Problem cross compiling modular X

On Thursday 24 August 2006 15:17, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> Autoconf is dumb. And some people writing autoconf input files
> are even more dumb. Sorry if it sounds offending, but its true.

dumb is the wrong word ... autotools are quite complicated and writing proper 
autotool code requires a lot of work

expecting everyone to dig in and write correct code all the time just makes 
you pretentious

> Although, the autotools collection claims to be suited for
> cross-compiling, it actually isn't.

your only beef is with libtool, the other packages handle cross-compiling just 
fine ... i make have illusions about the design limitations of libtool though
-mike

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