Is "host" the build or the target system?

[Mike Duigou]

On May 24 2012, at 08:00 , Kelly O'Hair wrote:

> I've been in and out of the compiler business for 30+ years, I was never exposed to autoconf.

autoconf is it's own reality....

> I worked on simulators and cross compilation projects for many years. Starting in 1979.
> We ALWAYS called the "host" the system you were building on, and the "target" what you were targeting.

This is entirely consistent with what I have seen in the embedded space over 20+ years. host is the build system, target is the run system.

> I don't think adopting what I consider broken terminology the right way to go here.

Ask anyone doing cross compiling what host and target are and you will get a consistent answer and it isn't autoconf's answer.

Mike