Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] default TARGET value

[Volker Grabsch]

Mark Brand <address@hidden> schrieb:
> http://www.mingw.org/wiki/LinuxCrossMinGW
> 
> "...(where <name> represents the label you would like to use in the 
> --host=<name> specification, when you configure packages for cross 
> compilation; please ensure that it ends with mingw32, and do not emulate 
> the asinine practice of some GNU/Linux distributors, by appending msvc)."

Thanks for your research. I agree that "msvc" should be removed.

> Also, is it worth considering changing the name of the variable to 
> HOST?  Consider the explanation of "build", "host" and "target" 
> platforms under "GCC and cross compilation" at 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_compiler.  TARGET is not wrong, but 
> HOST might be better.

Well, it depends on the point of view. Do you want to describe the
cross compiler or the cross libraries? If you focus on the libraries,
HOST is a better choice. However, if you think of the compiler, HOST
would be wrong and TARGET would be correct.

As the cross compiler is the central component of mingw-cross-env,
I thought that TARGET would be the more natural choice.

However, in case it appears that this choice confused new users,
I'd switch it to HOST. But currently, I think that HOST would be
more confusing than TARGET.


Greets,

    Volker

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