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Re: OSTYPE missing


There was a more portable solution
suggested on the mailing list though -
use "uname" instead of OSTYPE. The 
problem which you're experiencing 
is just a new feature in bash 2.05a.
If you read the announcement of this
package on the mailing list you'll know
what happens exactly.

Daniel Steinmann wrote:
> 
> Bruce Eckel wrote:
> > I just updated to the latest Cygwin version, and suddenly the
> > following lines in my makefile (which worked previously) are
> > failing:
> >
> > ifneq ($(OSTYPE),cygwin)
> >   $(error Must be run under Cygwin, ostype is $(OSTYPE))
> > endif
> >
> > $(OSTYPE) is only producing '.'
> 
> I had the same problem (and question):
> 
>   http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-11/msg01039.html
> 
> My workaround:
> 
>   OSTYPE := $(findstring CYGWIN, $(shell uname))

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