Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems

[Russ Allbery]

Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:

> Does simple replacement of config.guess and config.sub constitute a
> useful "port" to this previously unencountered target?

Believe it or not, yes, frequently it does.

Note that this is specifically in the context of Debian, which means that
all of these platforms are Linux and they're all using glibc.  The
variation between systems is therefore much less than one might expect,
and less than a lot of packages using config.guess/config.sub are
adjusting for.  There are a lot of packages that have one case that works
on all Linux systems, and those will generally work fine on a new Debian
architecture as long as config.guess/config.sub doesn't explode when
attempting to determine the triplet.

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Russ Allbery (address@hidden)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>