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Re: Compiling apps to Mingw32 with cygwin
Robert Collins wrote:
> No. Specify --host. The meaning is clearly documented in the autoconf
> documentation.
> For clarity:
> build - what OS the compilation is running on..
> host - what OS the binaries created should run on.
> target - what OS the binaries created should target their output to.
Thank you thank you thank you. I have *never* really understood what
all those were *really* for -- only what I *thought* they were for.
Guess what -- I was wrong. I thought (wrongly)
host: what OS the compilation is running on
target: what OS the binaries created should run on
build: And I never understood what this was for.
THANKS for the succinct explanation. I'm going to tattoo this on my
arm. (Well, not really, but you get the idea)
--Chuck
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