cygwin configure problem

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:21, Steve Holle wrote:

> >I have never seen the build_alias problem except when building RTEMS 
> >itself.  Our application uses the same tools and builds 100% of the 
> >time.  It is also fairly large, but not nearly as deeply nested (in the 
> >recursive build sense).
> 
> Does anyone know what the heck build_alias means?
It is an command line argument passed down to sub-package configure scripts.

<path>/configure ... build_alias=XXX ...

Ralf