RFC: add --enable-experimental-openjdk-cross-compilation option

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/5/8 Robert Schuster <thebohemian at gmx.net>:
> Hi,
> here is an updated version of the patch that adds the
> --enable-experimental-openjdk-cross-compilation option. The name is
> chosen deliberately because this feature is not complete yet and needs
> more patches. Furthermore allowing cross-compilation will consist of
> more than just disabling the sanity checks.
>
> 2009-05-08  Robert Schuster  <robertschuster at fsfe.org>
>
>    * Makefile.am: Introduce CROSS_COMPILATION variable to icedtea-ecj
>    and icedtea build.
>    * configure.ac: New --enable-experimental-openjdk-cross-compilation
>    option.
>    * patches/icedtea-disable-cc-incompatible-sanity-checks.patch: New patch
>    file (SCA is in place for Robert Schuster).
>
> Regards
> Robert
>

I'd still prefer that the option's name more clearly related to its
purpose, as we discussed before, and that these were enabled by
default where the host and build aliases differ.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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