CONFIG.GUESS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: January 2021
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NAME

config.guess - guess the build system triplet  

SYNOPSIS

config.guess [,OPTION/]  

DESCRIPTION

The GNU build system distinguishes three types of machines, the `build' machine on which the compilers are run, the `host' machine on which the package being built will run, and, exclusively when you build a compiler, assembler etc., the `target' machine, for which the compiler being built will produce code.

This script will guess the type of the `build' machine.

Output the configuration name of the system `config.guess' is run on.  

Operation modes:

-h, --help
print this help, then exit
-t, --time-stamp
print date of last modification, then exit
-v, --version
print version number, then exit
 

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

config.guess might need to compile and run C code, hence it needs a compiler for the `build' machine: use the environment variable `CC_FOR_BUILD' to specify the compiler for the build machine. If `CC_FOR_BUILD' is not specified, `CC' will be used. Be sure to specify `CC_FOR_BUILD' is `CC' is a cross-compiler to the `host' machine.


  CC_FOR_BUILD    a native C compiler, defaults to `cc'
  CC              a native C compiler, the previous variable is preferred  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs and patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.


Originally written by Per Bothner.
Copyright 1992-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.


This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  

SEE ALSO

autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Operation modes:
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO