On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ian Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I think i386-unknown-rumpxen is probably more correct, as it is not
>> strictly netbsd even if it is netbsd like.
>
> I have two counterarguments to that.
>
> Firstly, that causes config.sub to fail with:
>   checking host system type... Invalid configuration
>      `i386-unknown-rumpxen': system `rumpxen' not recognized
> We need something that will work with existing configure scripts.
> Now `i386-rumpxen-none' would work, but:
>
> Secondly, the point of this is to cause a configure script of a naive
> userland program (which is what we are trying to compile) to do the
> right thing.  The rumpuserxen application environment is much more
> like NetBSD than anything else.  It has a NetBSD libc and a good
> number of the NetBSD system calls.
>
> If a program is choosing between multiple implementation/interfaces to
> try to use, then if it chooses NetBSD there is a good chance that it
> will build and even a hope that it will work.
>
> "none" is much less accurate.

Ok, seems reasonable.

Justin

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