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Re: Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of ${target}??

From: Mohan Embar <gnustuff at thisiscool dot com>
To: java at gcc dot gnu dot org, David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 14:54:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of ${target}??
Reply-to: gnustuff at thisiscool dot com

Hi David,

>Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} instead of 
>${target}?

>And for that matter why is it called configure.host?  Wouldn't 
>configure.target be a better name?

Consult the next-to-last paragraph of:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Configure-Terms.html

-- Mohan
http://www.thisiscool.com/
http://www.animalsong.org/

References:
- Why are tests in libjava/configure.host based on ${host} insteadof ${target}??
  - From: David Daney

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