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Re: 1.8 and mkdir_p
- From: Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp dot org>
- To: Harlan Stenn <hstenn at cisco dot com>
- Cc: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl at src dot lip6 dot fr>,Scott James Remnant <scott at netsplit dot com>, automake at gnu dot org,hstenn at cisco dot com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:27:26 +0100
- Subject: Re: 1.8 and mkdir_p
- References: <2181.1074110366@cisco.com>
Harlan Stenn wrote:
> > Well, you can create and maintain a 'config.linuxdistro' on your own...
>
> Yes, and then code:
>
> ...
> cvo=`config.guess`
> case $cvo in
> *-*-linux-gnu)
> cvo=`config.linuxdistro`
> ;;
> esac
> ...
Yes. This is how it's meant.
> everywhere one would otherwise simply code:
>
> cvo=`config.guess`
This is too simple. It increases the temptation to use the distro's name,
instead of writing an autoconf test. I've already explained that this is
undesirable because it limits the freedom to fork a new distribution.
Bruno