[Buildroot] [uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] buildroot:package: Remove configure target parameter in Makefile.autotools.in

[Mike Frysinger]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 22:52, Sonic Zhang wrote:
> configure parameter --target has different meaning from buildroot environment
> parameter GNU_TARGET_NAME. GNU_TARGET_NAME is actually equal to --host.
>
>  --build=BUILD     configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
>  --host=HOST       cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]
>  --target=TARGET   configure for building compilers for TARGET [HOST]
>
> --target is rarely used by most packages and is redundant in configure line.
> If some packages do need --target, they can append it to buildroot environment
> parameter INETUTILS_CONF_OPT in packages' makefile.

not really ... the usage is harmless.  it might be a little redundant
since target tends to default to host, but that's about it.  what are
you actually trying to address here ?

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-mike