On Dec 12, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What you describe is precisely what I meant by `build': there is not a
> single reference to the host in what you describe.
Nope, the output of the compiler follows conventions of the host
machine, so it's a characteristic of the host.
> Because some people might use a cross-compiler which produces foo,
> not foo.exe, while the machine on which the executable will be
> installed needs to be installed as foo.exe.
Such a cross-compiler would be a broken compiler. I don't know of any
such cross-compilers, so this point is moot.
> Why isn't `install' which takes care of this on the *host* machine?
Because install isn't part of a cross-build environment, so it knows
only about the build machine, not the host machine?
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