From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: patch org-mode Makefile - solve a couple debian build problems and a slackware build problem Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:50:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4397.1310165406@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <8739ii885d.fsf@gnu.org> <21342.1310116208@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87k4bsfmuv.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34127) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfJsP-0002m6-Hg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:50:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfJsO-0004HP-7w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:50:25 -0400 Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9]:39065) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfJsO-0004HH-21 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:50:24 -0400 Received: from alphaville.dokosmarshall.org ([unknown] [173.76.32.106]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LO100IAEE3IYF60@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:50:12 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: Message from Achim Gratz of "Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:07:04 +0200." <87k4bsfmuv.fsf@Rainer.invalid> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz wrote: > Nick Dokos writes: > > Most Linux systems I know of have a description of what distro is > > installed in the /etc/issue file: Ubuntu, Debian, RH, Fedora, SuSE > [...] > > True, but it's not reliable since it is quite common to customize the > login message. And the next thing of course is that you don't have that > file at all on Windows, where the Makefile should also work. > > I the dark ages when different makes ruled, it was common to have > Makefile.vms Makefile.SysV or something like that. Maybe something > along those lines plus some notes in README or an additonal INSTALL > would be more appropriate? > I'm actually hoping that nothing of the sort will be needed, but given that I don't have either debian squeeze or slackware available, I can't really see what goes wrong. As for /etc/issue, you are probably right: I never touch it but that means nothing. OTOH, it does illustrate how to make Makefiles do stupid pet tricks. Nick