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Re: cygwin-inst-20000304 query
DJ Delorie wrote:
> The target name doesn't affect that at all. It's just a name.
>
> An i586 is not the same as an i686, but i586-pc-cygwin32 is the same
> target as i686-pc-cygwin. They're just names that mean "cygwin".
If they are just names that are independent of architecture, then why is
there any need to mention the architecture ?
Furthermore, what is the point of changing the name of the architecture if
there is no difference ?
I thought that the intention of the target directories was to have
libraries and code that are target specific. eg. i686-pc-cygwin would have
i686 specific/optimized code, i586-pc-cygwin would have i586
specific/optimized code, etc.
Brendan Simon.
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