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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers GNU and Linux: Different or the same? Post 42092 by Neo on Wednesday 22nd of October 2003 07:19:16 AM

10-22-2003

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Originally posted by Minnesota Red
So does this mean that linux cannot exist on it's own without the GNU system? It sounds like you cannot have the linux OS without gnu. Gnu being the system, meaning the actuall programs and what not, it seems you would not be able to do anything with the linux kernal without it.

Yes, it could exist, but you would have to build an entire supporting environment. No, it cannot exist because the GNU environment is currently how Linux is supported Smilie

So, since Linux is built on GNU and no one has built another supporting environment, GNU is the Linux supporting environment. If people build an entire supporting environment that was not GNU, then the situation would be different. But the situation is what is it..........

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config.guess

CONFIG.GUESS(1) 						   User Commands						   CONFIG.GUESS(1)

NAME

       config.guess - guess the build system triplet

SYNOPSIS

       config.guess [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       The GNU build system distinguishes three types of machines, the `build' machine on which the compilers are run, the `host' machine on which
       the package being built will run, and, exclusively when you build a compiler, assembler etc., the `target' machine, for which the  compiler
       being built will produce code.

       This script will guess the type of the `build' machine.

       Output the configuration name of the system `config.guess' is run on.

   Operation modes:
       -h, --help
	      print this help, then exit

       -t, --time-stamp
	      print date of last modification, then exit

       -v, --version
	      print version number, then exit

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       config.guess  might  need  to  compile  and  run  C  code,  hence it needs a compiler for the `build' machine: use the environment variable
       `CC_FOR_BUILD' to specify the compiler for the build machine.  If `CC_FOR_BUILD' is not specified, `CC' will be used.  Be sure  to  specify
       `CC_FOR_BUILD' is `CC' is a cross-compiler to the `host' machine.

	 CC_FOR_BUILD	 a native C compiler, defaults to `cc'
	 CC		 a native C compiler, the previous variable is preferred

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs and patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.

       Originally written by Per Bothner.
       Copyright 1992-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
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SEE ALSO

       autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

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