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Re: [WISH] Local target in cross compialtion


From: Stepan Kasal
Subject: Re: [WISH] Local target in cross compialtion
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 17:48:01 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i

Hello,

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 05:25:47PM +0200, Jérôme Pouiller wrote:
> One last question : In Makefile of linux kernel, HOSTCC is used to name  
> compiler for the build platform, no?

yes, when they say ``host program'', they mean ``binary for the
system where the kernel build runs.''

The build/host/target terminology was developped for the situation
when you cross-compile a cross-compiler, and then applied to all
other Autoconf applications.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan




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