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On 2017-10-17 13:16, cyg Simple wrote:
> The config.guess file[1] is confused.
> 
> 840    i*:CYGWIN*:*)
> 841	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-pc-cygwin
> 842	exit ;;
> -----
> 870    amd64:CYGWIN*:*:* | x86_64:CYGWIN*:*:*)
> 871	echo x86_64-unknown-cygwin
> 872	exit ;;
> 
> The GCC executable is x86_64-pc-cygwin-gcc.exe but config.guess on my
> system gives x86_64-unknown-cygwin so specifying a fully qualified host
> doesn't find the executable file.  So which should it be?
> 
> [1]http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/tree/config.guess?id=c003e5cb947924ca5edd25c3b840aaa373c66b28

There are also similar confusions and differences between projects and distros
about use of x86_64 (or x86-64) and amd64. You may have come across others.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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