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Re: PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20: runtime determination of MACHTYPE

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: Clint Adams <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20: runtime determination of MACHTYPE
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:13:05 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20000325104018.A3765@xxxxxxxx> from Clint Adams at "Mar 25, 2000 10:40:18 am"
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Clint Adams wrote:
>This patch allows zsh to determine MACHTYPE at run-time, rather
>than from the configure results of the build-machine, assuming
>uname(2) is available.

It's not that easy.  Look at config.guess: $MACHTYPE is not always
the same as `uname -m`.  Leave $MACHTYPE being compiled in as it was.
If you want access to the runtime uname strings without forking off a
uname process, invent a new special parameter.

-zefram

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