CONFIG.SUB(1)

📦 version 2.69, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 config.sub — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay bestie, listen — this is the manual page for config.sub, living in section 1 of the manual (User Commands, iykyk). It's the little script that looks at a configuration triplet and goes "mm, yes, I know her." 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

config.sub — validate and canonicalize a configuration triplet

Like, it checks that your triplet is real and then hands you back the ✨official✨ spelling of it. Canonicalization is the vibe. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

config.sub [OPTION] CPU-MFR-OPSYS

       ../build-aux/config.sub [OPTION] ALIAS

Two ways to summon her, no cap. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Canonicalize a configuration name.</purl> That's the whole job description, she's booked and busy. ✨

👑 Operation modes 👑

  • -h, --help — prints this help text and then dips. out. 🚪✨
  • -t, --time-stamp — prints the date this thing was last modified, then exits. lowkey a little timestamp flex. 🕰️
  • -v, --version — prints the version number, then exits. periodt. 💅

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Found a bug? Got a patch? send it to <config-patches@gnu.org>. Bestie, don't sit on it, tell them. 💌

Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

That's a lot of years, she's been iconic since before some of us were born, fr fr. 🌈

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Zero warranty. None. Nada. If it breaks, it's not her problem 💀 — but also it's free software so you can read the source and find out yourself.

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

The whole friend group, in alphabetical order, slaying:

(yes, config.sub(1) references itself, she's her own main character 😌)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 This one shipped as GNU Autoconf 2.68b.25-19513, dated April 2012 — yes, 2012, she's vintage, she's a classic, she ate and left no crumbs. mwah 💖✨

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