Paul Smith-20 wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 05:56 -0700, Radly wrote:
>> OS = $OSTYPE
>>
>> ifeq ($(value OS), darwin10.0)
>> TXT = GOT_IT
>> else
>> TXT = MISSED_IT
>> endif
>>
>> all:
>> @echo OS = $(value OS)
>> @echo $(TXT)
>
> Wow, what an interesting combination of incorrectnesses :-)
>
> <...>
> However, assuming you're doing a lot of variable assignment I recommend
> a very different method. Instead of big if-else-endif statements, just
> use include files with suffixes for each supported OSTYPE. Something
> like:
>
> include $(firstword $(wildcard osinfo.$(OSTYPE)) osinfo.notype)
>
> all:
> @echo OS = $(OSTYPE)
> @echo $(TXT)
>
> Now create a file for darwin10.0:
>
> $ cat osinfo.darwin10.0
> TXT = GOT_IT
>
> and another file for "unknown OSTYPE":
>
> $ cat osinfo.notype
> TXT = MISSED_IT
>
>
Thanks also. Usually when I'm wrong I'm wrong in a big way. :) I like the
scalability of your suggestion, so I tried it. Alas, like my reply to
Derek, this also requires "make OSTYPE=$OSTYPE". I'm running bash v.
4.1.5(1). Can that conceivably matter?
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