On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:21:24 +0100 Andreas Radke <andyrtr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I remember > some packages that strictly needed this generic CHOST variable to be > able to compile out of the box. Any customized naming made them fail > to pass configure. OK, so it perhaps should be the default for CHOST, but for packages such as Claws mail --build=$(uname -m)-arch-linux-gnu should be ok, while CHOST still could be as it is. 2 Cents, Ralf