Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] configure: correct tooldir install path

Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.newlib
Organization Bootlin
Message-ID <20231215180738.4fde7cb9@windsurf>
On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:08:37 +0000
"Frager, Neal" <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The configure script is generated from configure.ac, so you should not
> > patch configure but configure.ac.  
> 
> When building newlib, I am not seeing the configure script get
> generated.  If I only patch configure.ac, the configure script stays
> the same and my patch appears ignored.
> 
> Do you know what I could be missing?

Yes, you need to learn/read a bit about the autotools, and autoconf in
particular :-)

> I made this correction, and the --with-tooldir option only works
> if I patch it directly into the configure script.
> 
> Could you help me figure out what is missing?

See above :-)

Best regards,

Thomas
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