> One thing I don't understand is whether there's any scope for the > computer type that's optionally fed to binutils's ./configure > to appear > in the final programs (ld for Solaris etc.). I definitely see > references > to sol2 as the final part of this parameter in config.sub which I > believe is used to check and parse the type, where it's used > to specify > that the OS is -solaris2 rather than -sysv etc. >
That is how cross binutils are made. On system x you do a configure --prefix=dir-to-put-tools --host=the-host --target=the-target The config.guess script is used by configure when you don't specify a target. More usefull info here: http://wiki.osdev.org/OS_Specific_Toolchain Ludo _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [email protected] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
