Re: Host system type detected by autoconf
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:29:09AM -0400, sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu wrote:
> > 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?
Uh, "configure --host=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)".
> 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.
dpkg-architecture will always give the Debian architecture, which is what
should be used for building packages. In the case of ia32, that will be i386.
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- mdz
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