Re: amd64 <-> x86_64
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 08:58:48PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
>
> It returns:
>
> DEB_HOST_ARCH=amd64
> DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=x86_64
> This are the correct values.
How do you determine when a value is correct? All I have seen so far are
arbitrary marketing decisions.
> This is also what the official dpkg
> returns since a few days ago.
After all the hassle with the dpkg maintainers and the technical comitte, I'd
have never expected the amd64 porters to defend a naming scheme based on what
official dpkg returns.
> DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU is the the GNU tools use. They use x86_64 on
The GNU tools (i.e. config.sub) accept both, so it's not an issue.
--
Robert Millan
(Debra and Ian) (Gnu's Not (UNiplexed Information and Computing System))/\
(kernel of *(Berkeley Software Distribution))
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