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Re: [PATCH] Improve binutils testsuite coverage for GNU/Hurd (and kFreeBSD?)
- From: Robert Millan <rmh at debian dot org>
- To: Thomas Schwinge <thomas at schwinge dot name>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, debian-bsd at lists dot debian dot org
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:40:47 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve binutils testsuite coverage for GNU/Hurd (and kFreeBSD?)
- References: <1288262303-27172-1-git-send-email-thomas@schwinge.name>
2010/10/28, Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>:
>I generally simply windened these to include
> *-*-gnu*, too.
>
> As the triplet *-*-gnu* not only matches GNU/Hurd systems, but also
> *-*-linux-gnu* and *-*-kfreebsd-gnu* we have to be a bit careful.
That's what $host_os is for (as opposed to $host).
In general, most cases where $host is used are gratuitous and just
looking for trouble.
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Robert Millan