Re: DO NOT use file format of /bin/sh for x32 detection!

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018, Earnie wrote:

> supplied.  As you say "it's a userland-only architecture" then it is up
> to userland to specify and not rely on the conveniences.  Allowing the

… eh, no. Also, I don’t think you understand the problem.

> precedent here will open up a maintenance nightmare.

More architectures like this are coming. This is easy.

> When specifying --build config.guess doesn't execute.  

Yes, I know.

> However config.sub does to try to normalize the triplet. And
> config.sub can be used to supply what you're looking to do.

No, it can’t.

In fact, I have, after sleeping over it, come to the
conclusion that, asides from distro-specific tools like
dpkg, the compiler targetting the system on which the
program is built is the ONLY tool exactly knowing what
the build system is, so I believe, now more strongly
than before, that CC_FOR_BUILD is correct here.

> > For --host= checking the compiler is an absolute must,
> > though. --target= must be manually passed, so that’s
> > indeed not needing consideration.
> 
> The --host is used to specify the unique build system set to use for a
> cross build environment.  In other words the executable being built will
> be hosted on the specified --host.  If the compiler doesn't exist to
> create those binaries then you need to create the build system.  The
> --target is used to build the build systems that create binaries for
> specified --host systems.

I think we have a communication problem here. You seem
to not understand what I write and insist on giving me
a rundown of the build/host/target flags.


Let me tl;dr for you:

• --target= is orthogonal to the x32 detection problem,
  because, if it differs from the other tuples, it must
  be given by hand anyway

• --host= must check the (possibly cross) compiler

• --build= after much consideration also must check
  the (not-cross) compiler


bye,
//mirabilos
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