| name: build_machine | |
| long_name: Build machine information | |
| description: | | |
| Provides information about the build machine -- the machine that is doing the actual compilation. | |
| See [Cross-compilation](Cross-compilation.md). | |
| Currently, these values are populated using | |
| [`platform.system()`](https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/platform.html#platform.system) and | |
| [`platform.machine()`](https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/platform.html#platform.machine). | |
| If you think the returned values for any of these are incorrect for | |
| your system or CPU, or if your OS is not in the linked table, please | |
| [file a bug](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/new) report | |
| with details and we'll look into it. | |
| methods: | |
| - name: cpu_family | |
| returns: str | |
| description: | | |
| Returns the CPU family name. | |
| [This table](Reference-tables.md#cpu-families) contains | |
| all known CPU families. These are guaranteed to continue working. | |
| - name: cpu | |
| returns: str | |
| description: Returns a more specific CPU name, such as `i686`, `amd64`, etc. | |
| - name: system | |
| returns: str | |
| description: | | |
| Returns the operating system name. | |
| [This table](Reference-tables.md#operating-system-names) Lists | |
| all of the currently known Operating System names, these are | |
| guaranteed to continue working. | |
| - name: endian | |
| returns: str | |
| description: returns `'big'` on big-endian systems and `'little'` on little-endian systems. |