Re: renaming vars to indicate target

[Warren Turkal]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

> Hi Warren,
> 
>>>> "Warren" == Warren Turkal <address@hidden> writes:
> Seems you shifted the vocabulary.  In the auto* jargon:

You are correct.

> BUILD  = the system on which the package is being configured
>          and compiled
> 
> HOST   = the system on which the package will run
> 
> TARGET = the system for which any compiler tool built by the
>          package will produce code

host...Host...HOST

I honestly don't understand what target is for.

> Automake currently outputs rules to compile programs that will
> run on HOST.  So the variables could be called host_something.

This is correct.

> What you want to introduce are compilation rules for the BUILD arch.

This is correct also.

*snip*

>  Warren> I know that this will need support in autoconf also,
>  Warren> but I think this is the right place to start.
> 
> What's your plan?

1) Make automake realize that everything it does is specifically for host.
Keep the interface to autoconf (i.e. $(CC) is the c compiler, etc.)
2) Add attributes the the struct list to support build arch (i.e.
build_compiler, build_compile, build_ld, build_lder, build_link, and
build_linker).
3) Try to factor code for building such that it can be mostly reused for
build and host targets. This is where the bulk of the work is as I see it.
4) Add a mechanism to build BUILD targetted utility programs (maybe
build_PROGRAMS or util_PROGRAMS).

wt
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