Re: [rust-dev] Help, what's the meaning of `unknown` in `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`?
2014-02-15 9:26 GMT+08:00 Lee Braiden leebr...@gmail.com: Unknown-linux presumably means generic linux, and GNU you should probably learn about, fir your own good, at gnu.org especially gnu.org/philosophy. Hint: much of what people think of as Linux is actually part of GNU, or using GNU. If so, why not `x86_64-gnu-linux`? ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
Re: [rust-dev] Help, what's the meaning of `unknown` in `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`?
This may be the most canonical description of target triples (autoconf config names): https://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_17.html Triples are just a short way of identifying a compilation target, and their naming is mostly out of our hands, established by historical precedent. The individual components of the triple mean very little - it's generally the entire string used to identify a platform. unknown is a common vendor name where there's no obvious vendor, shows up a lot in linux triples, though `x86_64-pc-linux-gnu` is also common; -gnu probably means the target has a GNU userspace. On 02/14/2014 05:16 PM, Liigo Zhuang wrote: Hello Rusties: I'm using Debian 7.4 Linux, not unknown linux obviously. And I don't know the meaning of `-gnu`. On Windows, that it `x86-pc-mingw32`, which is quite meaningful to understand. Thank you. -- by *Liigo*, http://blog.csdn.net/liigo/ Google+ https://plus.google.com/105597640837742873343/ ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
Re: [rust-dev] Help, what's the meaning of `unknown` in `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`?
Thank you. But I don't think unknown is a meaningful word here, it says nothing. You didn't send to rust-dev@mozilla.org, so no other people can receive your email except me. 2014-02-15 9:37 GMT+08:00 Lee Braiden leebr...@gmail.com: The elements of these triplets (each of the parts separated by dashes) have a specific order and meaning, so they can't just be randomly rephrased on a per-combination basis. They're not meant to be pretty English, but to encode information in a semi-readable format. On 15 Feb 2014 01:31, Liigo Zhuang com.li...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-02-15 9:26 GMT+08:00 Lee Braiden leebr...@gmail.com: Unknown-linux presumably means generic linux, and GNU you should probably learn about, fir your own good, at gnu.org especially gnu.org/philosophy. Hint: much of what people think of as Linux is actually part of GNU, or using GNU. If so, why not `x86_64-gnu-linux`? -- by *Liigo*, http://blog.csdn.net/liigo/ Google+ https://plus.google.com/105597640837742873343/ ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
Re: [rust-dev] Help, what's the meaning of `unknown` in `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`?
Nice answer. Thank you! 2014-02-15 9:41 GMT+08:00 Brian Anderson bander...@mozilla.com: This may be the most canonical description of target triples (autoconf config names): https://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_17.html Triples are just a short way of identifying a compilation target, and their naming is mostly out of our hands, established by historical precedent. The individual components of the triple mean very little - it's generally the entire string used to identify a platform. unknown is a common vendor name where there's no obvious vendor, shows up a lot in linux triples, though `x86_64-pc-linux-gnu` is also common; -gnu probably means the target has a GNU userspace. On 02/14/2014 05:16 PM, Liigo Zhuang wrote: Hello Rusties: I'm using Debian 7.4 Linux, not unknown linux obviously. And I don't know the meaning of `-gnu`. On Windows, that it `x86-pc-mingw32`, which is quite meaningful to understand. Thank you. -- by *Liigo*, http://blog.csdn.net/liigo/ Google+ https://plus.google.com/105597640837742873343/ ___ Rust-dev mailing listRust-dev@mozilla.orghttps://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev -- by *Liigo*, http://blog.csdn.net/liigo/ Google+ https://plus.google.com/105597640837742873343/ ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
