Reliably check if we're running under cygwin inside Makefile

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Mon Jan 12 20:10:00 GMT 2009


Fergus wrote:
>  > osname := $(shell uname -s)
>  > osver := $(shell uname -r)
>  > cpuarch := $(shell uname -m)
>
> Probably the fault is mine but I can't get this to do anything useful in
> Cygwin. You could try (something like):
>
>   case `uname` in

  Hmm, did you try those first examples in bash before deciding they didn't
work?  Because your alternative proposal looks a lot like shell script...

  Perhaps you need to read the subject line again!

    cheers,
      DaveK

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