The following reply was made to PR general/4050; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Subject: Re: general/4050: Top level Makefile contains platform dependency
in the part that determines the platform.
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 12:38:25 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
>>Synopsis: Top level Makefile contains platform dependency in the part
>>that determines the platform.
>[..]
> GNUTRIPLE=`src/helpers/GuessOS | sed -e 's:/:-:g' | /bin/gawk '{
> printf("%s",$$1); }'`
>
> If awk is in a different location on other platforms, the make will not work.
Actually the AWK script uses there should work under every AWK, so we can
safely use "awk" here and not hard-code the best found one. Fixed for Apache
1.3.7. Thanks for your feedback.
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
