Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:44:52 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: Cygwin List Subject: Re: What's in a name? Message-ID: <20001130154452.D28112@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: Cygwin List References: <3A26B178.B2D71685@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A26B178.B2D71685@home.com>; from superbiskit@home.com on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 02:58:48PM -0500 On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 02:58:48PM -0500, David A. Cobb wrote: >Under bash I find a variable $MACHTYPE="i686-pc-Cygwin" > >That's nice, I thought, because I need to key a load of directory >references depending on whether I'm in Win32 or Cygwin. HOWEVER, >several installations seem to think it should be "-Cygwin32" when they >build their "/usr/local/???/i686-pc-?????????" subtrees. > >And 'config.guess', at least the one I looked at calls 'uname' which >says I have an >"i586" and cannot make any sense out of my configuration at all. > >I know that consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds (and mine >shrinks daily with age,) but could we perhaps agree on what to call this >environment? Ever heard of "wildcards"? You should study up on them. They're really powerful. Or, for fun, you might want to take a leisurely stroll through the mailing list archives where this subject has been discussed 1099 times before. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com