ppc64 biarch binutils configure uses different default "--target" than gcc,glibc

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Nitin,

> I downloaded scripts to build ppc 970 biarch toolchain from
> ftp://ftp.linuxppc64.org/pub/people/janis. I noticed that only
> binutils uses default target (--target) to be powerpc-linux where as
> gcc,glibc uses powerpc64-linux. Is there any reason for that? 

No - it sounds like a bug.

> I was wondering why it isn't --target=powerpc64-linux
> --enable-targets=powerpc-linux?

Perhaps you should contact the author(s) of the scripts and ask them why 
they chose to configure the binutils this way.

Cheers
   Nick