Re: where is doc for --host option ?

[<pl...@pi...>]

Allin Cottrell wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2009, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> 
>> On Friday 08 May 2009 10:34:51 pl...@pi... wrote:
>>> HI,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to cross-compile gnuplot for arm.
>>>
>>> I set CC= and CXX= but it got thrown out with a message saying I should
>>> use --host to cross-compile.
>>>
>>> The supposed "complete" list of options in ./configure --help and in
>>> INSTALL does not mention it or cross-compiling at all
>> The --host=arm-linux option is not something that is part of
>> gnuplot, or gnuplot's autoconfigure scripts.  It is an option
>> for the gcc compiler. So you would need to look in the gcc docs.
>> I would guess the best source of help would be an arm-linux
>> forum.
> 
> plotter does have a point.  I just checked the configure script
> for my program, gretl, and part of the boiler-plate output from
> ./configure --help is:
> 
> System types:
>   --build=BUILD     configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
>   --host=HOST       cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]
> 
> I certainly didn't add that explicitly; it's the output from some
> standard autoconf macro (not sure which; maybe AC_PROG_CC?).
> It's a bit surprising that it's not present in gnuplot's
> "configure --help" output.
> 
> Allin Cottrell
> 

yes, that's the sort of thing I was expecting to find. I spent ages 
pouring over the output thinking I must have missed it.

I was not expecting any ARM specific help just that one line explaining 
the usage.

regards, Peter.