bug#19111: 25.0.50; 32 bits temacs.exe is linked with wrong image-base when built on 64 bit Windows host

[Andreas Schwab]

Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:

> Dani Moncayo writes:
>> So, if I enter the 32-bit _build_ environment and I build Emacs with a
>> plain 'configure && make', I'd expect it to work out of the box.  But
>> as we've seen, it doesn't.  Why? -> Because the canonical host
>> platform (picked up by default) has a wrong CPU.  And why? -> Because
>> the canonical _build_ platform picked (up by default) has a wrong CPU.
>> And why? -> because 'uname -m' gives 'x86_64' in a build environment
>> that pretends to be tuned for 32 bits.
>
> So, uname tells you about the build environment.  Which is, as you've
> seen, not the same as the compiler target.  You will have exactly that
> same issue in any cross-compiling environment.

Or with any bi-arch compiler.

Andreas.

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