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diff --git a/man/config.guess.x b/man/config.guess.x new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce23430 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/config.guess.x @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--no-info + +[name] +config.guess \- guess the build system triplet + +[Environment variables] +config.guess might need to compile and run C code, hence it needs a +compiler for the `build' machine: use the environment variable +`CC_FOR_BUILD' to specify the compiler for the build machine. If +`CC_FOR_BUILD' is not specified, `CC' will be used. Be sure to +specify `CC_FOR_BUILD' is `CC' is a cross-compiler to the `host' +machine. + + CC_FOR_BUILD a native C compiler, defaults to `cc' + CC a native C compiler, the previous variable is preferred + +[description] +The GNU build system distinguishes three types of machines, the +`build' machine on which the compilers are run, the `host' machine +on which the package being built will run, and, exclusively when you +build a compiler, assembler etc., the `target' machine, for which the +compiler being built will produce code. + +This script will guess the type of the `build' machine. |