| 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. |
