Lets you work around the canadian cross build error .../gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.1.3/build-glibc/elf/sln .../gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.1.3/build-glibc/elf/symlink.list make[1]: *** [install-symbolic-link] Segmentation fault make[1]: Leaving directory `.../gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.1.3/glibc-2.1.3' make: *** [install] Error 2 by setting --host != --build when running glibc-2.1.3/configure instead of hoping that host and build aren't aliases for each other and that running a host program on the build machine doesn't put up a dialog box or accidentally work. (cf. http://sources.redhat.com/ml/crossgcc/2002-08/msg00099.html, in which the run of conftest caused a dialog box to pop up and block the build on cygwin) --- glibc-2.1.3/configure.old 2004-05-26 19:30:45.000000000 -0700 +++ glibc-2.1.3/configure 2004-05-26 19:42:29.000000000 -0700 @@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ build_os=`echo $build | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'` echo "$ac_t""$build" 1>&6 -if test $host != $build; then +if test x$host_alias != x$build_alias; then ac_tool_prefix=${host_alias}- else ac_tool_prefix= @@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ if { (eval echo configure:1488: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then ac_cv_prog_cc_works=yes # If we can't run a trivial program, we are probably using a cross compiler. - if (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null; then + if test x$host_alias == x$build_alias && (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null; then ac_cv_prog_cc_cross=no else ac_cv_prog_cc_cross=yes @@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ build_os=`echo $build | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'` echo "$ac_t""$build" 1>&6 -if test $host != $build; then +if test x$host_alias != x$build_alias; then for ac_prog in gcc cc do # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.