About the target/host situation

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2012-06-04 11:47, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> Fredrik and others, please note that this does not mean that this is 
> the final say in the discussion! It just means that we need to resolve 
> the current block on our work in build-infra. The fact that either 
> this or Fredriks solution is the current one in build-infra right now 
> should carry no weight when coming to a final decision on how the 
> matters should be! As far as this is a part of the discussion, it is 
> to bring an example on how the --jdk-target option could be implemented.

Fredrik, Erik and I have now agreed to use the term "OpenJDK target" 
throughout the build system (in variables, configure options and 
documentation) to refer to the platform which the generated product will 
run on (the target platform). As a consequence, the internal variables 
previously named HOST_ (e.g. HOST_OS), and temporarily named TARGET_ 
(e.g. TARGET_OS), are now named OPENJDK_TARGET_ (e.g. 
OPENJDK_TARGET_OS). While more cumbersome to write, there is no risk of 
mixing this up with the autoconf sense of of "target". We believe this 
to be a fruitful compromise, and hope the rest of you agrees. :-)

I will shortly push changes to the build-infra forest inplementing this.

/Magnus