From 90e061c6a9cd8c762df0609406a9e4fac8e305c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Tytgat Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 23:13:06 +0000 Subject: Updated comments on RISC OS HOST determination issue. svn path=/trunk/netsurf/; revision=4086 --- Makefile | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Makefile') diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index e20823629..dd01454e3 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ all: all-program # Determine host type -# NOTE: Currently, this is broken on RISC OS due to what appear to be bugs -# in UnixLib's pipe()/dup2() implementations. +# NOTE: HOST determination on RISC OS could fail because of missing bug fixes +# in UnixLib which only got addressed in UnixLib 5 / GCCSDK 4. # When you don't have 'uname' available, you will see: # File 'uname' not found -# but when you do, you will see: +# When you do and using a 'uname' compiled with a buggy UnixLib, you +# will see the following printed on screen: # RISC OS # In both cases HOST make variable is empty and we recover from that by # assuming we're building on RISC OS. +# In case you don't see anything printed (including the warning), you +# have an update to date RISC OS build sytem. ;-) HOST := $(shell uname -s) ifeq ($(HOST),) HOST := riscos -- cgit v1.2.3