Bug#505798: autoconf: generate scripts report architecture above build level

2008-11-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
close 505798 thanks Mark, is it really so hard to CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am getting tired of reminding you. Mark Hobley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Ben. I have submitted a patch #506481, which hopefully > will close this #505798 bug. Thanks. Submitting a patch does not close a bug, so

Bug#505798: autoconf: generate scripts report architecture above build level

2008-11-18 Thread Yavor Doganov
> Mark Hobley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It is a big problem for packages that I compile myself, using > > Autotools, because the compiler keeps detecting the architecture as > > 686 and building for a 686, That's because the build host CPU really is i686. Installing a -486 kernel does n

Bug#505798: autoconf: generate scripts report architecture above build level

2008-11-18 Thread Ben Pfaff
[Please don't drop the CC against [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm quoting your entire message so that it gets archived as part of the bug log.] Mark Hobley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> From: Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Please give a specific example of a package that is adversely >> affected by t

Bug#505798: autoconf: generate scripts report architecture above build level

2008-11-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
Mark Hobley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If a system is installed at a build level of say i486, ie the kernel is > vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486, the generated configure scripts may use a build > level above this, even though the system is supposed to be i486 > compatible. > > We have chosen a 486 build

Bug#505798: autoconf: generate scripts report architecture above build level

2008-11-15 Thread Mark Hobley
Package: autoconf Version: 2.61-8 Severity: normal If a system is installed at a build level of say i486, ie the kernel is vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486, the generated configure scripts may use a build level above this, even though the system is supposed to be i486 compatible. We have chosen a 486 buil