There was a more portable solution suggested on the mailing list though - use "uname" instead of OSTYPE. The problem which you're experiencing is just a new feature in bash 2.05a. If you read the announcement of this package on the mailing list you'll know what happens exactly.
Daniel Steinmann wrote: > > Bruce Eckel wrote: > > I just updated to the latest Cygwin version, and suddenly the > > following lines in my makefile (which worked previously) are > > failing: > > > > ifneq ($(OSTYPE),cygwin) > > $(error Must be run under Cygwin, ostype is $(OSTYPE)) > > endif > > > > $(OSTYPE) is only producing '.' > > I had the same problem (and question): > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-11/msg01039.html > > My workaround: > > OSTYPE := $(findstring CYGWIN, $(shell uname)) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
