On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> @@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>>
>>> if (build_options) {
>>> printf("sizeof-long: %d\n", (int)sizeof(long));
>>> + printf("machine: %s\n", build_platform);
>>
>> Can this use GIT_BUILD_PLATFORM directly instead of going via the indirection
>> of a mutable static string? That is, something like
>>
>> printf("machine: %s\n", GIT_BUILD_PLATFORM);
>
> Good point. And if this is externally identified as "machine",
> probably the macro should also use the same word, not "platform".
> We can go either way, as long as we are consistent, though.
In Autoconf parlance, this would be called "host architecture" (GIT_HOST_ARCH).
