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From: "Andrew Pinski" <pinskia@gmail.com>
To: Jay <jayk123@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: configuring in-tree gmp/mpfr with "none"?
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On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Jay <jayk123@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> When gcc configures the in-tree gmp/mpfr, why
> does it use --host=none-${host_vendor}-${host_os} --target=none-${host_vendor}-${host_os}
>
> instead of  --host=${host_alias} --target=${target_alias}
>
> This "breaks" config.cache if used across directories, because the platforms change.

The reason why it is configured with none is so that it can be
transfered to more computers than your own.

-- Pinski