In such a case, the host and target machines for the program may be different. The configure script should normally treat the specified type of system as both the host and the target, thus producing a program which works for the same type of machine that it runs on. The syntax for targettype is the same as for the host type. Bootstrapping a cross-compiler requires compiling it on a machine other than the host it will run on. The host and target types normally default from the build type, so in bootstrapping a cross-compiler you must specify them both explicitly.
Some programs have ways of configuring themselves automatically.
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