Re: [PATCH 14/14] MINGW: config.mak.uname: auto-detect MinGW build from compiler

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On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 12:26:52PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Marat Radchenko <marat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > When crosscompiling, one cannot rely on `uname` from host system.
> 
> That may well be true, but is that limited to cross-compiling to
> mingw?   Would it be generally true for any cross compilation,
> wouldn't it?
> 
> What I am wondering is if it is a better solution to make it easier
> to allow somebody who is cross compiling to express "Mr.  Makefile,
> we know better than you and want you to do a MINGW build for us
> without checking with `uname -?` yourself", i.e.
> 
> 	$ make uname_O=MINGW uname_S=MINGW
> 
> which would hopefully allow cross-compilation into other
> environments, not just MINGW.

So, do you really want this patch to be changed from 5-liner into
a full-blow system detection rewrite based on `cc -dumpmachine`
instead of `uname`?
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