From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9089 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2000 20:11:30 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 26 Mar 2000 20:11:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 24993 invoked by alias); 26 Mar 2000 20:11:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10257 Received: (qmail 24985 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2000 20:11:23 -0000 Subject: Re: PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20: runtime determination of MACHTYPE In-Reply-To: <20000326135844.A15544@scowler.net> from Clint Adams at "Mar 26, 2000 01:58:44 pm" To: Clint Adams Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:11:16 +0100 (BST) CC: Zefram , zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Zefram Clint Adams wrote: >What was the original purpose of the parameter? The purpose is to record the GNU-style system identification string that was used when configuring zsh. The full system identification string is "$MACHTYPE-$VENDOR-$OSTYPE". Note that it is about the zsh configuration, *not* the system on which zsh is running. These three parameters should all be left as they are; they should be directly comparable to the output of config.{guess,sub}. -zefram