Re: problem generating cross compiled dynamic libraries on macOS

pluto--- via Bug reports for autoconf <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:33:39 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs
Message-ID <680bc773.NJsx3butakMSrSvS%[email protected]>
Nick Bowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cross compiliation mode is entered if the build triplet (which designates
> the machine you are using to build the program) is different from the
> host triple (which designates the machine the program will ultimately
> run on).
>
> You have specified both as x86_64-apple-macos10.10, so configure will
> treat this as a native compilation as you have told it you are building
> and running on the same system.

Why does configure even recognize --build on the command line?
Shouldn't it directly probe the type of system it is running on?