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config.guess - guess the build system triplet
config.guess [OPTION]
The GNU build system distinguishes three types of machines,
the ‘build’ machine on which the compilers are run, the ‘host’ machine on which
the package being built will run, and, exclusively when you build a compiler,
assembler etc., the ‘target’ machine, for which the compiler being built will
produce code.
This script will guess the type of the ‘build’ machine.
Output
the configuration name of the system ‘config.guess’ is run on.
- -h,
--help
- print this help, then exit
- -t, --time-stamp
- print date of last modification,
then exit
- -v, --version
- print version number, then exit
config.guess
might need to compile and run C code, hence it needs a compiler for the
‘build’ machine: use the environment variable ‘CC_FOR_BUILD’ to specify the
compiler for the build machine. If ‘CC_FOR_BUILD’ is not specified, ‘CC’ will
be used. Be sure to specify ‘CC_FOR_BUILD’ is ‘CC’ is a cross-compiler to the
‘host’ machine.
CC_FOR_BUILD a native C compiler, defaults to ‘cc’
CC a native C compiler, the previous variable is preferred
Report bugs and patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
Originally written by Per Bothner.
Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
autoconf(1)
, automake(1)
, autoreconf(1)
, autoupdate(1)
, autoheader(1)
,
autoscan(1)
, config.guess(1)
, config.sub(1)
, ifnames(1)
, libtool(1)
.
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