Adding operating system detection to configure for bug 1209

[Umberto Nicoletti]

On 4/7/06, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Umberto Nicoletti wrote:
> > I have tried AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM but it requires install.sh so I
> > decided to go with a lighter implementation. If the option is not
> > explicitly set configure will try to detect it by using the uname
> > output ( WARNING: could this break Windows builds? ).
>
> Umberto,
>
> Good point on the AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM.  No point in adding new dependencies.
> Actually if you have reasonable defaults based on uname for common systems
> then that likely satisfies my primary concern.  I don't mind folks on exotic
> systems having to a bit of extra work.
>
> >> I'm a little leery about calling the option --with-os as I can't see
> >> many non-Java applications.  In fact if there were another package with
> >> similar issues it seems likely that it would use a slightly different
> >> naming scheme.  I think I would prefer something like
> >> --with-java-include-sys-name if possible.
> >>
> >
> > What about the shorter --with-java-include ?
>
> My concern with that is when I see an option of that form I *assume* it
> is supposed to be the path to the base include directory for the
> component.
>

You are right, no need to confuse users even more. Can we settle for
--with-java-include-os-name ?

Best regards,
Umberto

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