Peter Lowe wrote:
Hello,
How does bash determine $HOSTTYPE? Is it dependent on the version of
bash installed - if I install i586 packages on an x86_64 platform, will
$HOSTTYPE be i586? (I wouldn't've thought so, but I wanted to check.)
It's set from the `CONF_HOSTTYPE' define, which is passed to the
compiler in the top-level Makefile. It gets into the Makefile via
`configure', which substitutes the value it gets from config.{guess,sub}
or the --build and --host options.
(In short, "configure sets it." :-) )
Chet
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