Adding operating system detection to configure for bug 1209

[Umberto Nicoletti]

A month has passed without any objections so I believe no one is
opposing this change.

After some thoughts I am going to call the configure option --with-os
(I dumped the name part which is redundant) and I will commit to cvs
HEAD next week (last call for comments).

Umberto

On 3/7/06, Umberto Nicoletti <umberto.nicoletti at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am working on:
>
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1209
>
> and I need to figure out the os name to use the proper include path
> for the java headers.
> I have added a new configuration option to configure called
> --with-os-name which will set a variable in mapscript/java/Makefile.in
> allowing the correct directory to be added to the include path. The
> patch has been tested by user and reported to work.
>
> Since this could be useful for others too I accept suggestions on:
>
> - configure option name and explanation text
> - os checking code: should we use the AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM macro instead?
>
> Thanks for your attention,
> Umberto
>