From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 16 16:27:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17829 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:27:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA17820 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:27:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA20480; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:47:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199806162247.SAA20480@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: What's unknown in i386-unknown-freebsd In-Reply-To: from Leif Neland at "Jun 16, 98 10:59:09 pm" To: leifn@internet.dk Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:47:32 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Leif Neland wrote: > I see the text "i386-unknown-freebsd" often while watching make's. > > What is the unknown? The vendor of your system. It can't be known, as it happens. The message is from gcc. architecture-vendor-OS For a system with a single vendor you might see something like mipsel-dec-ultrix for a compiler for a Mips-based system made by Digital Equipment Co. (R.I.P. :-( ) running ultrix (R.I.P. :-) ) dave -- http://www.microsoft.com/security: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message