[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Patches-500861 ] uname

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Patches item #500861, was opened at 2002-01-08 11:01
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Category: contributions
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kai Henningsen (kai-henningsen)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: uname

Initial Comment:
Here's source for an uname.exe that lets the latest
config.guess recognize MinGW.

I suggest including either this or an equivalent in the
basic MinGW package.


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Comment By: Kai Henningsen (kai-henningsen)
Date: 2002-01-09 08:55

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This is not an uname *function*, but an uname *executable*.
Having such an executable means that ./configure "just
works", which surely is an improvement over having to
explicitely specify a target.


Furthermore, when used together with Cygwin - which the Web
page certainly suggests - the Cygwin uname misleads
configure scripts, unless there is another uname in the PATH
before it.

So it seems to me that an uname executable does belong in
the MinGW base package.

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2002-01-08 15:56

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The uname function is supplied via the MSYS (Minimal SYStem) and a separate function isn't necessary.  Also, if 
not using MSYS when configuring you can also specify the host, build and target on the command line so that 
config.guess isn't even invoked.

However, I thank you for your interest in the MinGW project and look forward to more contributions from you.

Earnie.

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