Gentoo Archives: gentoo-ppc-user

From: Mark Guertin <gerk@g.o>
To: gentooppc-user@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentooppc-user] The right CHOST?
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:43:07
Message-Id: 200209131355.44859.gerk@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentooppc-user] The right CHOST? by Tom Lund
1 On Friday 13 September 2002 11:16, Tom Lund wrote:
2 > Can anyone tell me the significance of the CHOST line in /etc/make.conf. Is
3 > there a list of machine types that I should check? It's using a default
4 > "powerpc-unknown right now. I'm installing on an Old World machine and the
5 > bootstrap process is installing generic resources I don't need, i.e. usb.
6
7 That is the correct CHOST for any/all powerpc machines.
8
9 bootstrap doesn;t installing anything to do with usb...but the files that are
10 put in by bootstrap and emerge system should not be modified unless you
11 really know what you are doing and you understand the whole process.
12
13 Mark