Re: RFC: Policy for arch specs

[Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>]

Christian Schwarz wrote:
> 
> Next step: GNU's "configure" utility. I thought that we had agreed on
> using
>         i386-unknown-linux
> (and similar for the other architectures), but then I had just discovered
> that GCC uses
>         /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> (first it says "i486" instead of "i386", second it ommits the "unknown").
> 

Yes, for hysterical raisins, we use i486 instead of i386.  The
difference is reflected in the results you get form dpkg
--print-architecture and dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture.  On most
systems, these are identical.  On Intel, they happen to be different. 
We leave out the "unknown" becuase A) it's ugly, and B) nobody cares who
built your silly pc-clone box anyway.  They're all the same, except for
the ways in which they are different.  :)

(Don't ask me what the historical reasons are, though.  I might start to
whimper...)

--Galen


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