Re: Host system type detected by autoconf

[sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu]

> On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 10:12:34AM +0530, Viral wrote:
> 
> > How do I get my packages to build for the host type 'i386-pc-linux-gnu'
> > rather than 'i686-pc-linux-gnu' ?
> 
> Use the --host switch to configure.

Uh, how would you do that?

I mean, what would you add to your debian/rules file to specify that
if the detected architecture is i686-pc-linux-gnu it should compile for
i386-pc-linux-gnu, without screwing up compilation of the same source
on sparc/arm/alpha/etc.

Eric