--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here is my proposal.
>
>
-8<-
I have a problem with
-8<-
>
> @defmac AC_CYGWIN
> @maindex CYGWIN
> -Checked for the Cygwin environment in which case the shell variable
> -@code{CYGWIN} is set to @samp{yes}. @code{AC_EXEEXT} now handles this
> -task.
> +Check for the Cygwin environment in which case the shell variable
> +@code{CYGWIN} is set to @samp{yes}. Don't use this macro, the dignified
> +means to check the nature of the host is using
> +@code{AC_CANONICAL_HOST}. As a matter of fact this macro is defined as:
> +
> +@example
> +AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])[]dnl
> +case $host_os in
> + *cygwin* ) CYGWIN=yes;;
> + * ) CYGWIN=no;;
> +esac
> +@end example
> @end defmac
>
in that the variable CYGWIN is used by Cygwin to control Cygwin
characteristics. It is not a variable that should be set arbitrarily to some
arbitrary value. Perhaps use ACYGWIN instead.
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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