Updated comments on RISC OS HOST determination issue.

svn path=/trunk/netsurf/; revision=4086
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John Tytgat 2008-04-07 23:13:06 +00:00
parent f3d968bfc0
commit 90e061c6a9

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all: all-program all: all-program
# Determine host type # Determine host type
# NOTE: Currently, this is broken on RISC OS due to what appear to be bugs # NOTE: HOST determination on RISC OS could fail because of missing bug fixes
# in UnixLib's pipe()/dup2() implementations. # in UnixLib which only got addressed in UnixLib 5 / GCCSDK 4.
# When you don't have 'uname' available, you will see: # When you don't have 'uname' available, you will see:
# File 'uname' not found # File 'uname' not found
# but when you do, you will see: # When you do and using a 'uname' compiled with a buggy UnixLib, you
# will see the following printed on screen:
# RISC OS # RISC OS
# In both cases HOST make variable is empty and we recover from that by # In both cases HOST make variable is empty and we recover from that by
# assuming we're building on RISC OS. # assuming we're building on RISC OS.
# In case you don't see anything printed (including the warning), you
# have an update to date RISC OS build sytem. ;-)
HOST := $(shell uname -s) HOST := $(shell uname -s)
ifeq ($(HOST),) ifeq ($(HOST),)
HOST := riscos HOST := riscos