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| 1@c Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | 1@c Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 2@c This is part of the GCC manual. 3@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi. 4 5@node Configure Terms 6@section Configure Terms and History 7@cindex configure terms 8@cindex canadian 9 --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 29different this is called a @dfn{canadian} (for obscure reasons dealing 30with Canada's political party and the background of the person working 31on the build at that time). If host and target are the same, but build 32is different, you are using a cross-compiler to build a native for a 33different system. Some people call this a @dfn{host-x-host}, 34@dfn{crossed native}, or @dfn{cross-built native}. If build and target 35are the same, but host is different, you are using a cross compiler to 36build a cross compiler that produces code for the machine you're | 2@c This is part of the GCC manual. 3@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi. 4 5@node Configure Terms 6@section Configure Terms and History 7@cindex configure terms 8@cindex canadian 9 --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 29different this is called a @dfn{canadian} (for obscure reasons dealing 30with Canada's political party and the background of the person working 31on the build at that time). If host and target are the same, but build 32is different, you are using a cross-compiler to build a native for a 33different system. Some people call this a @dfn{host-x-host}, 34@dfn{crossed native}, or @dfn{cross-built native}. If build and target 35are the same, but host is different, you are using a cross compiler to 36build a cross compiler that produces code for the machine you're |
| 37building on. This is rare, so there is no common way of describing it 38(although I propose calling it a @dfn{crossback}). | 37building on. This is rare, so there is no common way of describing it. 38There is a proposal to call this a @dfn{crossback}. |
| 39 40If build and host are the same, the GCC you are building will also be 41used to build the target libraries (like @code{libstdc++}). If build and host 42are different, you must have already build and installed a cross 43compiler that will be used to build the target libraries (if you 44configured with @option{--target=foo-bar}, this compiler will be called 45@command{foo-bar-gcc}). 46 --- 15 unchanged lines hidden --- | 39 40If build and host are the same, the GCC you are building will also be 41used to build the target libraries (like @code{libstdc++}). If build and host 42are different, you must have already build and installed a cross 43compiler that will be used to build the target libraries (if you 44configured with @option{--target=foo-bar}, this compiler will be called 45@command{foo-bar-gcc}). 46 --- 15 unchanged lines hidden --- |