1--no-info 2 3[name] 4config.guess \- guess the build system triplet 5 6[Environment variables] 7config.guess might need to compile and run C code, hence it needs a 8compiler for the `build' machine: use the environment variable 9`CC_FOR_BUILD' to specify the compiler for the build machine. If 10`CC_FOR_BUILD' is not specified, `CC' will be used. Be sure to 11specify `CC_FOR_BUILD' is `CC' is a cross-compiler to the `host' 12machine. 13 14 CC_FOR_BUILD a native C compiler, defaults to `cc' 15 CC a native C compiler, the previous variable is preferred 16 17[description] 18The GNU build system distinguishes three types of machines, the 19`build' machine on which the compilers are run, the `host' machine 20on which the package being built will run, and, exclusively when you 21build a compiler, assembler etc., the `target' machine, for which the 22compiler being built will produce code. 23 24This script will guess the type of the `build' machine. 25