On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 10:48 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Svante Signell, le Thu 25 Aug 2011 10:20:44 +0200, a écrit :
> > 1) Where to find the specification resulting in i486-pc-gnu? > > I don't understand the question. Why would you want that ? Some packages are configured with i486-pc-gnu, you find it in config.log. Where does this come from in configure* If not specified config.guess gives i686-unknown-gnu0.3. > > 3) How to specify gnu uniquely in configure and configure.ac? > > Example: configure.ac > > *-linux*|*-k*bsd-gnu) action;; -> *-linux*|*-k*bsd-gnu|"gnu here") action;; > > I have added a section to the wiki, it's pending push. Nice! > > A common denominator of $host is > > > > c) *-gnu* > > This one: don't care the actual architecture, don't care the actual > version of GNU. It is not unique if * means wildcard, Is that not needed? > > 6) Are these only local to the rules file? > > I don't understand the question. They are dpkg-architecture output, > that's all. Yes, and they are used for logic in the rules (Makefile) right?, and not exported in any way to configure*/outside ?
