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RE: 226 F May 26 Yoshinori K. Okuji ( 25) [ configure host and target


From: Harley D. Eades III
Subject: RE: 226 F May 26 Yoshinori K. Okuji ( 25) [ configure host and target
Date: 27 May 2006 17:59:19 -0500
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> According to a suggestion by an autoconf developer, I think we should change 
> the build system in this way:
> 
> - Use "host" to represent an environment in which utilities (tools) run. This 
> is a natural interpretation of the meaning of "host" in autoconf.
> 
> - Use "target" to represent a native environment in which the grub kernel and 
> modules run. This is not very natural, but a bit easier to understand.
>
> - Use CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, etc. for the "host". This is more intuitive.
>
> - Use TARGET_CPPFLAGS, TARGET_CFLAGS, etc. for the "target". Usually, the 
> user 
> does not need to tweak these flags manually, so they are not necessary to be 
> very intuitive.
>
> If there is no objection, I will work on this issue very soon.
I like this design, it makes the build system a lot easier to
understand.  It will also make porting to other OS's less painful. :)

Nice job.
Harley




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