[Bug build/19403] cross-compiling fails to install

[bernd.edlinger at hotmail dot de]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19403

--- Comment #4 from Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger at hotmail dot de> ---
Hmmm, thanks, now I see.  I would only have needed --host=x.y.z
but I was just unable to understand what is written in INSTALL.

The meaning of --host --build and --target is somehow the opposite direction
of what gcc, binutils use these options for.

So this is at least a documentation issue.

I think especially this is totally misleading:

     If you only specify '--host', 'configure' will prepare for a native
     compile but use what you specify instead of guessing what your
     system is.  This is most useful to change the CPU submodel.  For


You should say using --host=x.y.z will prepare for a cross compile,
unless x.y.z is exactly the same what configure would guess what your
system is.

You should not explain --host and --build in one sentence, as it makes
it very much unclear what is what.  You should make it clear that --build
is normally not necessary for cross-compilations.

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