Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Build / Host / Target

[Mark Brand]

On 05/20/2010 08:46 PM, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> Tony Theodore<address@hidden>  schrieb:
> > I'm still often confused by host/target
> I think the build / host / target are quite easy to understand:
>
>      "Build" is where the program is compiled.
>      "Host" is where the program will run.
>      "Target" is where the program produces code for.
>
> Thus, "target" makes only sense for compilers and similar stuff.
> In Mingw-cross-env, we have the following situation:
>
>      Normal packages:
>
>          build = Unix
>          host  = Windows
>
>      Native packages (e.g. pkg-config):
>
>          build  = Unix
>          host   = Unix
>
>      GCC, Binutils, NSIS:
>
>          build  = Unix
>          host   = Unix
>          target = Windows

I'll take this opportunity to correct a typo in my previous list of the 
names used in the Qt configure script.  (I made mistakes in the "endian" 
list.)  Here is the new and improved version:

Describe the platform we are building Qt *for* (MinGW aka "win32-g++"):
  -arch  CFG_ARCH
 -xplatform XPLATFORM
 XQMAKESPEC
 -big-endian or -little-endian switch CFG_ENDIAN

Describe the platform we are building Qt *on* (some form of Unix):
-host-arch CFG_HOST_ARCH
-platform PLATFORM
QMAKESPEC
-host-little-endian or -host-big-endian switch CFG_HOST_ENDIAN

-Mark