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 Getting the Canonical System Type
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    The following macros make the system type available to `configure'
 scripts.
 
    The variables `build_alias', `host_alias', and `target_alias' are
 always exactly the arguments of `--build', `--host', and `--target'; in
 particular, they are left empty if the user did not use them, even if
 the corresponding `AC_CANONICAL' macro was run.  Any configure script
 may use these variables anywhere.  These are the variables that should
 be used when in interaction with the user.
 
    If you need to recognize some special environments based on their
 system type, run the following macros to get canonical system names.
 These variables are not set before the macro call.
 
    If you use these macros, you must distribute `config.guess' and
 `config.sub' along with your source code.   Output, for
 information about the `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR' macro which you can use to
 control in which directory `configure' looks for those scripts.
 
  - Macro: AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
      Compute the canonical build-system type variable, `build', and its
      three individual parts `build_cpu', `build_vendor', and `build_os'.
 
      If `--build' was specified, then `build' is the canonicalization
      of `build_alias' by `config.sub', otherwise it is determined by
      the shell script `config.guess'.
 
  - Macro: AC_CANONICAL_HOST
      Compute the canonical host-system type variable, `host', and its
      three individual parts `host_cpu', `host_vendor', and `host_os'.
 
      If `--host' was specified, then `host' is the canonicalization of
      `host_alias' by `config.sub', otherwise it defaults to `build'.
 
  - Macro: AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
      Compute the canonical target-system type variable, `target', and
      its three individual parts `target_cpu', `target_vendor', and
      `target_os'.
 
      If `--target' was specified, then `target' is the canonicalization
      of `target_alias' by `config.sub', otherwise it defaults to `host'.
 
    Note that there can be artifacts due to the backward compatibility
 code.  See  Hosts and Cross-Compilation, for more.
 

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