On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:38:22PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > I wrote such a batch file, it is an almost exact equivalent of the > > > manual-not-found shell script. > > > > > > On significant change I needed to make is to place the small Awk > > > program used by the script on a separate file. That's because command > > > lines on Windows cannot include embedded newlines. If that is okay, I > > > can send a patch to add the batch file and the necessary glue to > > > Makefile.am. > > > > Yes, that sounds fine. > > OK, will send in a couple of days. > > > Could you put installing the batch file and Awk program in a condition > > so it is only installed on Windows? > > Is using the HOST_IS_WINDOWS thingy for this okay?
Yes, that Automake conditional is used in several places in our Makefile.am files.
