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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: $host_cpu -> $target_cpu in configure?
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Msg-id 25433.1560717366@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: $host_cpu -> $target_cpu in configure?  (Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>)
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Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> writes:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Specifying-Target-Triplets.html
> describes the intended usage.  When cross-compiling, $host_cpu is the machine
> able to run the resulting PostgreSQL installation, and $build_cpu is the
> machine creating that installation.  PostgreSQL does not contain a compiler
> that emits code as output to the user, so $target_cpu is meaningless.  Every
> use of $host_cpu looks correct.

Hmph ... okay, but that's sure a confusing usage of "host".

            regards, tom lane

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