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Re: Hidden error(?) during build


On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 09:00:01PM +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> I don't have PowerPC to test on. Does the toolchain work? What is .../getconf
> used for? Is it vital?

getconf is used to show how glibc is configured, eg "getconf -a"

for example, we use it here to figure out whether we are in 64bit or in 32bit
emulation when using a 64bit kernel instead of "arch" or "uname -m"

$ getconf LONG_BIT
32
$ uname -m
x86_64
$

means we are on a 64bit kernel, but we are using 32bit glibc.

not sure what these scripts are using it for.

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