[Glade-devel] glade configure.ac patch
Dieter Verfaillie
dieterv at optionexplicit.be
Tue Oct 11 14:50:52 EDT 2011
On 11/10/2011 19:59, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> Would changing _TARGET to _HOST mean that you can no longer
> cross-compile Glade ?
Changing _TARGET to _HOST would most probably mean being able to
correctly cross compile.
"""To clarify a bit further: target is specific to *compiling* compilers
and related tools that produce system-specific output. For example:
On a GNU/Linux system ($build) I build a compiler that itself will run
on FreeBSD ($host) but create code that can be executed on MinGW
($target)."""
Credit goes to Keith Marshall and Ralf Wildenhues for this
explanation (from the mingw-users at sourceforge.net mailing list).
I've inserted the *compiling* in the first sentence for extra
clearness.
Software not falling in the category of "compilers and related tools"
simply have no business using ($target) and/or it's associated macro's.
mvg,
Dieter
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