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

["H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 09:34:52AM +1000, Ben Elliston wrote:
> > > 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.

I don't want to assume $(CC_FOR_BUILD) can take - as input.


H.J.