Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> writes:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Specifying-Target-Triplets.html
> describes the intended usage. When cross-compiling, $host_cpu is the machine
> able to run the resulting PostgreSQL installation, and $build_cpu is the
> machine creating that installation. PostgreSQL does not contain a compiler
> that emits code as output to the user, so $target_cpu is meaningless. Every
> use of $host_cpu looks correct.
Hmph ... okay, but that's sure a confusing usage of "host".
regards, tom lane