[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] allow overriding of $nm

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:31:44PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:24:22PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 02:14:14PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > > Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> writes:
> > > > --- configure	(revision 16087)
> > > > +++ configure	(working copy)
> > > > @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
> > > >    echo "  --extra-version=STRING   version string suffix []"
> > > > +  echo "  --nm=NM                  use nm tool [$nm]"
> > > 
> > > $nm will not be set here.
> > 
> > That's what I expected, but I just copy-and-paste from the --cc
> > description.
> > Anyway, here is the updated version.
> 
> Apply with the suggested change:
> 
> > --- configure	(revision 16089)
> > +++ configure	(working copy)
> > @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
> >    echo "  --target-os=OS           compiler targets OS [$target_os]"
> >    echo "  --target-exec=CMD        command to run executables on target"
> >    echo "  --target-path=DIR        path to view of build directory on target"
> > +  echo "  --nm=NM                  use nm tool"
> >    echo "  --cc=CC                  use C compiler CC [$cc]"
> 
> [nm]

Problem is, that is not true when cross-compiling (with cross-compile
prefix). I'd say no comment is better than a wrong one? Also the issue
should be fixed in some way that is consistent with --cc anyway...