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
