X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_65,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:47:00 +1000 From: Ben Elliston To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Update config.guess to treat cygwin 1.7 as new system name Message-ID: <20090428004700.GA28960@air.net.au> References: <49A77132.3060506@byu.net> <20090427064710.GA15625@air.net.au> <49F59D21.6050104@byu.net> <20090427160224.GA7740@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090427160224.GA7740@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:02:25PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > I don't see any benefits to appending the cygwin version number to > the triplet. That just makes extra typing. So what if there is new > functionality? That's what configure is supposed to determine. That is generally my preference, too. People get all hung up on version numbers. > What other systems emit version numbers after the OS name? Solaris. I think I agree with you, Chris. I don't think the version number should be appended if at all possible. It discourages people from writing proper feature tests. Cheers, Ben -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/