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nTia89

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From: varese, italy

Registered: 2008-12-22

Posts: 1,230

chost in makepkg.conf

what is this variable ?

and what happen if i change this ?

thanks

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falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: chost in makepkg.conf

gcc uses that variable to determine what kind of output to generate. Unless you know what you're doing, changing it is only going to break things.

Last edited by falconindy (2011-01-25 13:31:30)

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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: chost in makepkg.conf

It is the platform the toolchain is built for.  Even a small change (e.g. x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) can result in gcc trying to cross compile stuff which causes breakages...

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