> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 00:33:13 -0400 > From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com> > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 06:12:04AM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 02:52:22 -0700 (PDT) > >> From: Marc Girod <marc dot girod at gmail dot com> > >> > >> Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> > > >> > ...if Emacs could know the Cygwin version. > >> > > >> uname -r > >> > >> this gives on 2 installations e.g.: > >> > >> 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) > >> 1.7.0(0.210/5/3) > > We haven't patched the uname program. emacs can use the same standard > UNIX function calls as uname: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-05/msg00496.html
Great, thanks. This means that an existing Emacs variable `operating-system-release', whose value is derived from uts.release, should hold either "1.5.SOMETHING" or "1.7.SOMETHING", and that can be used to distinguish between the two Cygwin families. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
