Re: Host settings for GNU in configure*?
Svante Signell, le Thu 25 Aug 2011 15:54:32 +0200, a écrit :
> > grep -- --build /usr/bin/dh_*
> >
> > has at least
> >
> > /usr/bin/dh_make: 'CROSS= --build $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --host $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)'."\n".
>
> Isn't this only for cross compilation?
Possibly, it was only a guess.
> > but what is your actual problem with it?
>
> Am I not clear enough?
No.
> As I said before, some packages use
> $host=i486-pc-gnu others $host=i686-unknown-gnu0.3.
so what?
> And when porting packages it is of large interest to know the variants,
> so a common pattern can be used for all cases!
As I said already, gnu*.
> > > CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM e.g. i686-unknown-hurd-gnu
> > >
> > > would. Or should the kernel be gnumach?
> >
> > I don't know the historical details, but the way I understand it is that
> > GNU is GNU, and GNU/Linux came afterwards and used linux-gnu. Simply use
> > linux* or gnu* and it'll work. The only unfortunate thing is *-gnu*.
>
> Why not propose to introduce the quadruple then!
Quite franckly and personnally, because I don't care. Using gnu-*
carefully does work.
You're welcome to take the time to discuss the issue with autotool
people.
Samuel
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