[aur-general] x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu vs x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 09:21:12 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>Hi,
>
>usually I build claws-mail-git from AUR by adding
>--build=$(uname -m)-arch-linux-gnu to ./configure.
>
>Today I forget to add it, so I expected a default of
>x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, since /etc/makepkg.conf is configured to
>default to it.
>
>Sometimes I build without an AUR helper, but today I used yaourt.
>
>To my surprise "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" is used.
>
>[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ grep CHOST /etc/makepkg.conf*
>/etc/makepkg.conf:CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
>/etc/makepkg.conf-20130715_000209.bak:CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
>/etc/makepkg.conf.pacnew:CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
>[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ grep linux /etc/yaourtrc
>#AURURL="https://aur.archlinux.org"
>
>Why isn't "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" used? Seemingly I'm missing
>another config.

PS: While I noticed that it's time to edit my /etc/makepkg.conf after

diff /etc/makepkg.conf /etc/makepkg.conf.pacnew

I still don't see anything related.