[oe] [PATCH] DO_NOT_COMMIT_YET: fastjar: handle cross-compilation

[Chris Larson]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
<GNUtoo at no-log.org>wrote:

>
>  btoc(m4 macro)'s AC_TRY_RUN didn't handle the cross-compilation case.
>  thanks ? for telling me that the third argument
>  was for cross-compilation.



Using the third argument for this sort of thing is not ideal.. in fact, I've
experimented with patching the autoconf macros to disable it.  The only time
you should consider using it is when the test is only for a sanity check,
and its result does not affect behavior.  When the result does affect
behavior and clearly isn't a sanity check, setting an assumed default
knowing nothing about the target environment is not the way to go.  You
should use the CONFIG_SITE / site files to feed in the test result as
appropriate for the platform, coupled with wrapping the AC_TRY_RUN call in
AC_CACHE_CHECK, to ensure it obeys it.
-- 
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics