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