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| author | gdt <gdt> | 2011-11-19 17:59:47 +0000 |
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| committer | gdt <gdt> | 2011-11-19 17:59:47 +0000 |
| commit | 8a63cde83a9df3853932a2eba58d9c67e771cfd2 (patch) | |
| tree | 70ef37fcd671bc9b32dce73694a7f1ca0a6dfc33 /doc/HOWTO-crosscompile | |
| parent | 1ccc0672f301403b24bbb10fb7a8d49d78ad0e61 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-8a63cde83a9df3853932a2eba58d9c67e771cfd2.tar.gz | |
Clarify cross build/target terminology.
(Use "build" and "target", not autoconf's 3-tuple.)
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diff --git a/doc/HOWTO-crosscompile b/doc/HOWTO-crosscompile index 6685327b324..db79ea60d5b 100644 --- a/doc/HOWTO-crosscompile +++ b/doc/HOWTO-crosscompile @@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ tree and NetBSD's pkgsrc packages using `pkgsrc/devel/distcc' Note that this current setup is not intended for build builds as it might confuse the buildbuild system. +Terminology: +------------ + +There are multiple terminologies in use for cross building. In pkgsrc, we use + + build platform: the system on which you are doing the compilation of packages + + target platform: the system on which you will run the packages + +(An alternative terminology is that used by autoconf: + + build: as above + host: as "target", above + target: the architecture that the cross-built compiler produces code for + +pkgsrc chooses the more simple build/target terms because the Canadian +Cross situation is not common in pkgsrc. Partially because of the +potential for confusion with autoconf's terminology, we avoid the word +"host". + Target machine setup: --------------------- 1) install `pkgsrc/devel/distcc' package. |