[pacman-dev] Remove CHOST from makepkg.conf

[Andrew Fyfe]

Dan McGee wrote:
> On 7/2/07, Alexander Baldeck <kth5 at archlinuxppc.org> wrote:
>> Andrew Fyfe wrote:
>>> Are there any objections to removing CHOST from makepkg.conf?
>>>
>>> It's never seen by package Makefiles as it's not exported, and as a
>>> general rule it's a BAD idea to mess with CHOST.
>>>
>>> If there's no objections I'll do up a patch.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>> CHOST is a good idea to have if you are on a i686-pc-linux-gnu with a
>> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu machine. It will go and build stuff with
>> x86_64_pc-linux-gnu if not forced by using --target to most configures.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -Y
> 
> Well we should do one of two things:
> 1. Get rid of CHOST
> 2. Export it in makepkg with the rest of the variables
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -Dan
> 
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+1 for exporting
+1 for commenting out by default in makepkg.conf

Andrew