From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:46:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support SPARSE in Makefile, better SPARSE_FLAGS
Message-ID: <7vek779kg0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1128026765.24397.46.camel@dv>

Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> writes:

> +# explicitly what architecture to check for.
> +SPARSE = sparse
> +SPARSE_FLAGS = -D__$(shell uname -i)__

        : siamese; uname --version
        uname (coreutils) 5.2.1
        Written by David MacKenzie.

        Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
        There is NO
        warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        : siamese; uname -i
        Try `uname --help' for more information.

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