Patches for config.{guess,sub} needed
Peter Wemm
peter at wemm.org
Sun Jul 6 14:45:33 PDT 2003
Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> [ia64@ removed from CC list]
>
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:58:29PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:21:20PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:02:48PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > and send me patches against these scripts to DTRT when run on ia64 an
d
> > > > > amd64? These patches should also be submitted back to the GNU people
.
> > > >=20
> > > > No patches are needed for ia64. The latest config.sub works.
> > > >=20
> > > > On amd64, config.guess prints "amd64-unknown-freebsd5.1", which
> > > > I expect is correct. Attached a patch for config.sub to recognize
> > > > amd64 as the machine. Things may be more complicated on amd64,
> > > > because I'm not sure people have settled for amd64 or x86_64 as
> > > > the machine name.
> > >
> > > Thanks. As soon as I get an amd64 world built I'll give this a try on
> > > sledge. I'll also start a new ia64 build run on pluto1.
> >
> > The 07-02-2003 version I downloaded seemed to work as expected on sledge
> > without any suprises. Mind you, I'm not entirely sure what these things
> > are supposed to be doing. :-)
>
> The patch handles non-default vendor strings. Without the patch,
> config.sub complains for:
>
> sledge% sh -f config.sub amd64-undermydesk-freebsd
> Invalid configuration `amd64-undermydesk-freebsd': machine `amd64-under
mydesk' not recognized
>
> sledge% sh -f config.sub amd64-portbld-freebsd
> Invalid configuration `amd64-portbld-freebsd': machine `amd64-portbld'
not recognized
>
> Both we use by default. Standard strings are already handled:
>
> sledge% sh -f config.sub amd64-freebsd
> x86_64-pc-freebsd
>
> sledge% sh -f config.sub amd64-unknown-freebsd
> amd64-unknown-freebsd
DOH! I managed to mix up my patched vs non-patched version. Never mind. :-]
Cheers,
-Peter
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