On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:22:40PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Bob, > > * Bob Rossi wrote on Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:15:23PM CET: > > > > I would like to get access to the target triplet fields. The cpu, os > > and vendor strings. Does autoconf provide these separatly? > > Here you go: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Canonicalizing.html> > > > If not, what's the correct way to parse it? Would it be, > > cpu-os-vendor, where os could contain a - but cpu and vendor may not? > > Correct. > > But if you're out to use them as deciding data in configure tests, be > reminded that leaving behind feature-based tests is the path that leads > to the Dark Side. The maintenance costs may haunt you in the long run. Sure, I need to know what path separator to use in my application. I also need to know what separator to use in environment variables. Do you have any better ideas than testing for mingw or cygwin? Thanks, Bob Rossi _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
