Re: [libunwind] forwarded message from Andreas Schwab

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:44:26 +0100, Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> said:

  Andreas> David Mosberger <address@hidden> writes:
  >> Please let's try to be precise.  When I cross-build, I use this
  >> (on a Debian/x86 system):

  >> $ ../libunwind/configure --target=ia64-hp-linux
  >> target_alias=ia64-hp-linux

  Andreas> This is not a cross build.  The resulting library will be
  Andreas> useless on ia64-hp-linux unless you build on ia64-hp-linux.
  Andreas> A cross build involves a cross compiler, ie. build != host.
  Andreas> Target is meaningless for anything but code generators and
  Andreas> associated tools.

Ah, thanks for clarifying.  I thought you were trying to do
cross-unwinding.  Yes, a straight cross-compile I have never tried.

The patch you sent in the follow-up mail looks good.  I'll test it and
merge it if there are no problems.

Thanks,

        --david