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authorBrian Fraser <fraserbn@gmail.com>2014-01-30 03:07:55 -0300
committerBrian Fraser <fraserbn@gmail.com>2014-01-30 17:50:00 -0300
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Glossary for targetenv
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@@ -4913,9 +4913,17 @@ targetarch (Cross.U):
If not, this will be empty.
targetdir (Cross.U):
- This variable contains a path that will be created on the target
- host using targetmkdir, and then used to copy the cross-compiled
- executables to. Defaults to '/tmp' if not set.
+ This variable contains a path that will be created on the target
+ host using targetmkdir, and then used to copy the cross-compiled
+ executables to. Defaults to '/tmp' if not set.
+
+targetenv (Cross.U):
+ If cross-compiling, this variable can be used to modify the
+ environment on the target system.
+ However, how and where it's used, and even if it's used at all, is
+ entirely dependent on both the transport mechanism (targetrun) and
+ what the target system is. Unless the relevant documentation says
+ otherwise, it is genereally not useful.
targethost (Cross.U):
This variable contains the name of a separate host machine that