From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Nov 19 13:17:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C62C14F3C for ; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:17:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA27888 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 22:16:58 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id WAA02890 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 22:16:57 +0100 (MET) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C9214F3C for ; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:15:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA15768 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:15:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:15:56 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross compilation goals. Message-ID: <19991119131556.B15131@relay.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@NUXI.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I got this off a GCC mailing list. I would prefer that we stick with these definitions. -- David ----- Forwarded message No there are actually three separate terms regarding three separate machines. 1. The "target" system is the platform gcc will generate code for. 2. The "build" system is the platform where you compile gcc. 3. The "host" system is the platform where gcc executes. When you build a regular cross compiler, the target is different but host==build. When you build a cross compiler *using* a cross compiler, (also known as a canadian-cross compile) then all three are different. ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message