Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:17:54 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "M.D. DeWar" <mark@s-wit.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why is it known as unknown Message-ID: <20031029231754.GA16963@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <000e01c39e64$4727ba50$fb65a8c0@ocfl061> References: <002a01c39cb4$11062e90$0501a8c0@canada> <000a01c39da0$0cdb1b40$fb65a8c0@ocfl061> <3F9EE982.5040001@magidesign.com> <000a01c39da1$bb981e70$fb65a8c0@ocfl061> <3F9EF09F.3070800@mindcore.net> <000e01c39e64$4727ba50$fb65a8c0@ocfl061>
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 04:33:19PM -0500, M.D. DeWar wrote: > for curiosity and exciting dinner banter, why is it I see > programs/application etc referring to FreeBSD as > i386-unknown-freebsd4.8 system > or when doing a configure it shows as that ? The middle part is really supposed to be the type of the system, so if you were running on an IBM system it ougth to say i386-ibm-freebsd4.8 and if you used a system from Digital it might be alpha-dec-freebsd4.8. On PC systems it is often impossible to determine from a program what kind of system it is, and it really doesn't matter much anyway, so the middle part is just reported as 'unknown'. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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