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From: Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>
To: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Re: PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20: runtime determination of MACHTYPE
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:13:05 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E12ZCqn-0002of-00@crucigera.fysh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20000325104018.A3765@dman.com> from Clint Adams at "Mar 25, 2000 10:40:18 am"

Clint Adams wrote:
>This patch allows zsh to determine MACHTYPE at run-time, rather
>than from the configure results of the build-machine, assuming
>uname(2) is available.

It's not that easy.  Look at config.guess: $MACHTYPE is not always
the same as `uname -m`.  Leave $MACHTYPE being compiled in as it was.
If you want access to the runtime uname strings without forking off a
uname process, invent a new special parameter.

-zefram


  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-03-26 13:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-03-25 15:40 Clint Adams
2000-03-25 17:15 ` Bart Schaefer
2000-03-25 17:55   ` Thomas Köhler
2000-03-26 13:13 ` Zefram [this message]
2000-03-26 18:58   ` Clint Adams
2000-03-26 20:11     ` Zefram

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