Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 22:08:13 -0500 Message-Id: <200003090308.WAA29406@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: Brendan DOT Simon AT ctam DOT com DOT au CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <38C70079.FCDADBF4@ctam.com.au> (message from Brendan J Simon on Thu, 09 Mar 2000 12:38:02 +1100) Subject: Re: cygwin-inst-20000304 query References: <38C441C9 DOT D83FB437 AT ctam DOT com DOT au> <200003070146 DOT UAA19157 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <38C5820D DOT 23D114E1 AT ctam DOT com DOT au> <200003080020 DOT TAA26089 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <38C70079 DOT FCDADBF4 AT ctam DOT com DOT au> > If they are just names that are independent of architecture, then > why is there any need to mention the architecture ? Well, so you can tell the difference between those and, say, ppc-pc-cygwin. Or, i86-pc-cygwin (if a 16-bit version were even possible). > Furthermore, what is the point of changing the name of the > architecture if there is no difference ? Marketing. People don't like buying software for "older" computers. Plus, "uname" returns the actual cpu, and config.guess uses that, so if you built cygwin on a 486, it would default to i486-pc-cygwin because that's what you built it on. We all have 686's so that's our default. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com