[Clfs-support] Concerned about triplet in 'chroot'

[Dan McGhee]

Roy Bekken wrote:
> On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:13:19 Dan McGhee wrote:
>   
>> I have x86_64.
>>
>> <echo ${CLFS_TARGET}> =="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
>>
>> from automake-1.11 <lib/config.guess=="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
>>
>> and, finally <uname -m>=="x86_64"
>>
>> Book says, "If the output of that command does not equal what is in
>> ${CLFS_TARGET} then you need to read on."  Obviously the output of the
>> command and the value of the variable ALMOST match and 'uname -m' gives
>> 64 bit, but not any of the rest.  But is this good enough to proceed?
>>     
>
> You should enter the chroot without using setarch. I'm not sure why the native 
> book mention that at all, native means that your host is the same as your CLFS 
> target.
>
> I would have thought that your CLFS_TARGET would be "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" 
> but it don't matter that much. The output from config.guess and uname -m is not 
> literal equal but is the same arch, so you are good to proceed.
>   
Thanks, Roy. I was hoping that someone would say that. I rather 
suspected. Not experienced in this area, but I thought x86_64 was the 
important part.

Thanks again.

Dan