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Re: [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch

To: Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:54:32 +0100
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Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr> writes:

> Of course, it is possible to build the tools with
> --build=m68k-atari-mint. However, the job of config.guess is to guess the
> correct host triplet in order to automatically use it.

The job of config.guess is to accurately describe the build system as
much as possible.  Which it does.  And as the name suggests, it is just
a guess.

> Linux uses i486-linux-gnu (on my Debian system)
> Cygwin uses i686-pc-cygwin
> MiNT usually use m68k-atari-mint for the cross-tools

And NetBSD uses i386-unknown-netbsdelf3.1.

> I can hardly understand why something like m68k-atari-mint1.16 could be
> usefull.

In which way is it useless?  It is just a name.

Andreas.

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References:
- [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch
  - From: MiKRO <miro.kropacek@gmail.com>
- Re: [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch
  - From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
- Re: [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch
  - From: Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>

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