Re: PATCH: Handle Linux/mips (Re: Why is byteorder removed from /proc/cpuinfo?)

[Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>]

> > Of course, this needs some refinement.  ;-) Perhaps we need to run
> > through $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -E or somesuch; cpp is no good, as it won't
> > know all of the magic '*MIPS*' #defines.

> HJ's patch didn't compile anything; it ran code through
> $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -E :)

I must admit, I missed that.  But I definitely noticed that it created 
temporary files, which are more trouble than they're worth.  The number of 
people running ./configure as root is frightening.

Ben