About the target/host situation

[David Holmes]

On 12/06/2012 2:30 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> 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"

Ummmm but I don't build OpenJDK. I suggest dropping the "Open" part.

David

> 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