Generic and platform-specific Makefiles

[Alex Vinokur]

Hi,

I would like to create Makefile which suits different platforms and operating 
systems.

#########################
# GNU Make version 3.79.1
#########################

For instance, I have some program.

If I compile the program on Cygwin (Windows 2000)
  the Makefile must contain the following line :
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LIBS          = -lwsock32
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If I compile the program on Linux
  the Makefile must not contain that line.


What ways should be used to create such a Makefile? :
* generic Makefile for all platforms?
* main Makefile including platform-specific definitions?
* something else?

What techniques exist to do that?

Thanks,

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