On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:14, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 'test -o' is completely non-portable. Best to avoid that then > case $build_os in > linux* | cygwin*) # case for linux, linux-gnu, and cygwin > ;; > *) # other platforms > ;; > esac case seems like the appropriate solution. Thanks. > Finally, remember that while there are cases, like making sane guesses > while cross-compiling, where probing $host_os is the only way, it goes > against autoconf philosophy of testing features rather than platforms. > And make sure that if you are making platform-specific variables that: > 1) your code will still work even if your platform-specific guess was > wrong (ie. guess pessimistically), and 2) you provide a cache variable > to allow the user to override things if you guess wrong. Thanks for the warning. Cheers Adam _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
