Subject: Re: Compiling question
To: Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net>
From: Dave Huang <khym@azeotrope.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/24/2004 23:06:32
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:59:56PM -0600, Tim McNamara wrote:
> When compiling using pkgsrc, is the following correct?
> 
> ...
> Checking build system type... m68k-unknown-netbsdelf1.6.1
> Checking host system type... m68k--netbsdelf
> Checking target system type... m68k--netbsdelf
> ...
> 
> Shouldn't that be "mac68k-netbsdelf1.6.1"?

A m68k binary is a m68k binary, whether it's for a Mac, Amiga, Sun,
Atari, etc... IIRC, many of the m68k binary packages are compiled on
an Amiga with a 68060, since that's the fastest 68K processor
available. Those Amiga-compiled packages work fine on mac68k...
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