Bug#849923: openssh-server: no login possible after upgrade on x32
On 2017-01-03 15:30 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 03:51:03PM +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Colin Watson wrote:
>>
>> Helmut Grohne suggests to always pass both, even if equal. Probably
>> to eliminate an entire error class, even if not necessary. *shrug*
>> If this works, all the better.
>
> /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz claims that it causes
> modern autoconf to switch to cross-compiling mode even if the values are
> equal (though I haven't tracked down the exact details of this).
That's not quite correct, but many people have been wondering about it.
You can see my own ramblings in #682780[1], on the upstream mailing I
received a reply stating that cross-compiling mode is not to be entered
in this case[2].
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=682780
2. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2012-07/msg00014.html
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