From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [207.164.182.72] (helo=smtp.cbnco.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MeAUs-0003QA-Td for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:28:19 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cbnco.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C61CE543772 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:11:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.cbnco.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.cbnco.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18446-08 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:11:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.20.22.83] (auriga-dmzgw.cbnco.com [207.164.182.65]) by smtp.cbnco.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2F08450003 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:11:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A8D7594.4000606@cbnco.com> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:11:00 -0400 From: Michael Smith User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <1250738680-20274-1-git-send-email-clarson@mvista.com> In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cbnco.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] cross.bbclass: keep TARGET_SYS & TARGET_PREFIX independent. X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:28:19 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris Larson wrote: >> Can you explain for a crosscompile noob -- when would TARGET_PREFIX != >> ${TARGET_SYS}-? I understand they're separate variables so they COULD be >> different; just wondering why someone would set them that way. > > The only case that comes to mind is when using external toolchains. > They aren't all so kind as to be arch-vendor-os-. Cool, thanks for the explanation. For what it's worth, Acked-by: Michael Smith