[Bug 17340] winebuild does not respect --host & --target configure parameters

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17340

--- Comment #10 from Alexandre Julliard   2009-02-11 12:26:04 ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > This is wrong, you shouldn't pass --build if you want to cross-compile. If
> > build and host are the same configure decides you are not cross-compiling.
>
> How is it supposed to be done?

It's not really supposed to be done, cross-compiling is meant for building PE
binaries. So we'd have to hack configure to make it detect a cross compile even
if the resulting binary can run natively.

Why do you need a cross compile actually?  Why doesn't a normal build work for
you?