%general-entities; ]> Setting Host and Target export CLFS_HOST=$(echo ${MACHTYPE} | sed "s/-[^-]*/-cross/") export CLFS_TARGET=[target triplet] Now we will set the architecture and endianess of the CPU based on the target triplet provided above: export CLFS_ARCH=$(echo ${CLFS_TARGET} | sed -e 's/-.*//' -e 's/i.86/i386/') export CLFS_ENDIAN=little Now we will add this to ~/.bashrc, just in case you have to exit and restart building later: echo export CLFS_HOST=\""${CLFS_HOST}\"" >> ~/.bashrc echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" >> ~/.bashrc echo export CLFS_ARCH=\""${CLFS_ARCH}\"" >> ~/.bashrc echo export CLFS_ENDIAN=\""${CLFS_ENDIAN}\"" >> ~/.bashrc