On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 08:58:48PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > It returns: > > DEB_HOST_ARCH=amd64 > DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=x86_64
> This are the correct values. How do you determine when a value is correct? All I have seen so far are arbitrary marketing decisions. > This is also what the official dpkg > returns since a few days ago. After all the hassle with the dpkg maintainers and the technical comitte, I'd have never expected the amd64 porters to defend a naming scheme based on what official dpkg returns. > DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU is the the GNU tools use. They use x86_64 on The GNU tools (i.e. config.sub) accept both, so it's not an issue. -- Robert Millan (Debra and Ian) (Gnu's Not (UNiplexed Information and Computing System))/\ (kernel of *(Berkeley Software Distribution))