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Re: Simple way to ascertain whether we're running on Windows?
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Angus Leeming |
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Re: Simple way to ascertain whether we're running on Windows? |
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Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:30:04 +0100 |
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On Wednesday 27 July 2005 14:05, Dave Hylands wrote:
> > Is there a simple way to do so on Windows only? In pseudo code:
>
> The environment variable WINDIR is always set under Windows
> (although sometimes its lowercase). so you could do something like:
>
> ifeq ($(WINDIR)$(windir),)
> EXEEXT =
> else
> EXEEXT = .exe
> endif
>
> > Ideally, "simple" means "without using a gnu make extension".
>
> ifeq is a GNU extension.
That's great, Dave.
However, before I make the change, is there a way to do this with
traditional makes too? I'm planning on posting the changes back to
CTAN and they'll probably want something generic if possible.
Angus