Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> wrote: > Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > > Most Linux systems I know of have a description of what distro is > > installed in the /etc/issue file: Ubuntu, Debian, RH, Fedora, SuSE > [...] > > True, but it's not reliable since it is quite common to customize the > login message. And the next thing of course is that you don't have that > file at all on Windows, where the Makefile should also work. > > I the dark ages when different makes ruled, it was common to have > Makefile.vms Makefile.SysV or something like that. Maybe something > along those lines plus some notes in README or an additonal INSTALL > would be more appropriate? >
I'm actually hoping that nothing of the sort will be needed, but given that I don't have either debian squeeze or slackware available, I can't really see what goes wrong. As for /etc/issue, you are probably right: I never touch it but that means nothing. OTOH, it does illustrate how to make Makefiles do stupid pet tricks. Nick
