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Re: [PATCH 14/14] MINGW: config.mak.uname: auto-detect MinGW build from compiler

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Marat Radchenko <marat@slonopotamus.org>
Date
Oct 9, 2014, 05:03 UTC
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<20141009050318.GA17479@seldon>
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 12:26:52PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Marat Radchenko <marat@slonopotamus.org> writes:
> 
> > When crosscompiling, one cannot rely on `uname` from host system.
> 
> That may well be true, but is that limited to cross-compiling to
> mingw?   Would it be generally true for any cross compilation,
> wouldn't it?
> 
> What I am wondering is if it is a better solution to make it easier
> to allow somebody who is cross compiling to express "Mr.  Makefile,
> we know better than you and want you to do a MINGW build for us
> without checking with `uname -?` yourself", i.e.
> 
> 	$ make uname_O=MINGW uname_S=MINGW
> 
> which would hopefully allow cross-compilation into other
> environments, not just MINGW.

So, do you really want this patch to be changed from 5-liner into a full-blow system detection rewrite based on `cc -dumpmachine` instead of `uname`?

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Message 34 of 45 in “MinGW(-W64) compilation”
  1. MinGW(-W64) compilationMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  2. 01/14 MINGW: compat/mingw.h: do not attempt to redefine lseek on mingw-w64Marat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  3. Erik Faye-LundOct 9, 2014
  4. 02/14 MSVC: config.mak.uname: drop -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS from CFLAGSMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  5. 03/14 MINGW: compat/mingw.h: drop fork() definitionMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  6. 04/14 MINGW: do not fail at redefining pid_t on MinGW-W64Marat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  7. 05/14 MINGW: config.mak.uname: allow using cURL for non-msysGit buildsMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  8. 06/14 MINGW: compat/winansi.c: do not redefine CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEXMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  9. 07/14 Fix BASIC_LDFLAGS and COMPAT_CFLAGS for 64bit MinGW-w64Marat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  11. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  12. Ray DonnellyOct 9, 2014
  13. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  14. Ray DonnellyOct 9, 2014
  15. Johannes SchindelinOct 10, 2014
  16. Johannes SchindelinOct 10, 2014
  17. Johannes SchindelinOct 11, 2014
  18. Marat RadchenkoOct 14, 2014
  19. 08/14 MINGW: git-compat-util.h: use inttypes.h for printf macrosMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  21. 09/14 MINGW: config.mak.uname: reorganize MinGW settingsMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  22. 10/14 Makefile: introduce CROSS_COMPILE variableMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  24. 11/14 compat/nedmalloc/malloc.c.h: fix compilation under MinGW-W64Marat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  25. 12/14 Fix pointer -> integer casts on IL32P64 systemsMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  26. 13/14 git-compat-util.h: fix integer overflow on IL32P64 systemsMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  29. Marat RadchenkoOct 9, 2014
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2014
  31. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  32. 14/14 MINGW: config.mak.uname: auto-detect MinGW build from compilerMarat Radchenko, Oct 8, 2014
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  34. Marat RadchenkoOct 9, 2014
  35. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2014
  37. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  38. Marat RadchenkoOct 9, 2014
  39. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  40. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  41. Marat RadchenkoOct 9, 2014
  42. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  43. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  44. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2014
  45. Johannes SchindelinOct 11, 2014

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