Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux | Date | Mon, 04 Jan 1999 21:33:33 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <36906A16.BD520C3E@his.com>, David Feuer writes: +----- | > IOW the correct config.guess triple *should* be "x86-pc-linux". Or | > "x86-gnu-linux"; an accurate statement, since the userspace code is | > something like 85% FSF code (and this nicely ends the current argument). | > "i?86-pc-linux-gnu" is silly, and "i?86-{redhat,suse,...}-linux{,-gnu}" is | > sillier. | | GNU is not a linux vendor. I think that field should never have +--->8
No, but they're the "OEM" of the user-space component of all existing Linux distributions. One can envision a Linux kernel with a BSD libc, which would carry a canonical triple of "x86-bsd-linux". Or even Sun pulling some strangeness for low-end systems, with a Solaris-derived libc ("x86-sun-linux").
Yeah, "pc" is pretty lousy --- but it's also what's already in use. Then again, as a behavior selector it's pretty much useless. The hypothetical systems above would also qualify for it....
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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