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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:45:48 +0100
From: Daniel Steinmann <daniel DOT steinmann AT insonic DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: bash-2.05a-1: OSTYPE is empty
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In-Reply-To: <20011116142645.A19742@cygbert.vinschen.de>; from cygwin@cygwin.com on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:26:45PM +0100


Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> However, the following is given in the ChangeLog:
> 
> x.  Bash no longer auto-exports HOSTNAME, HOSTTYPE, MACHTYPE, or OSTYPE,
>     even if it assigns them default values.

Obviously I did not read the bash ChangeLog, sorry. 

Now it is clear why in my Makefile the check for OSTYPE does not
work anymore. 

Thank you for your help,
Daniel.

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