Re: $HOSTTYPE

[Chet Ramey]

Peter Lowe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How does bash determine $HOSTTYPE? Is it dependent on the version of 
> bash installed - if I install i586 packages on an x86_64 platform, will 
> $HOSTTYPE be i586? (I wouldn't've thought so, but I wanted to check.)

It's set from the `CONF_HOSTTYPE' define, which is passed to the
compiler in the top-level Makefile.  It gets into the Makefile via
`configure', which substitutes the value it gets from config.{guess,sub}
or the --build and --host options.

(In short, "configure sets it." :-) )

Chet
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