From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Problems compiling on Archlinux 64 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:06:18 +1300 Message-ID: <17767.53066.391735.78334@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <200611212055.01073.manveru@weez-int.com> <200611221029.57786.manveru@weez-int.com> <20061122115329.GA2837@kobe.laptop> <200611241027.14530.manveru@weez-int.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164431451 1341 80.91.229.2 (25 Nov 2006 05:10:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 25 06:10:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnpoL-0002Is-QU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:10:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnpoK-0003A3-05 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:10:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gnpo7-00038m-TR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:10:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gnpo6-000381-OO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:10:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gnpo6-00037i-HR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:10:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gnpo6-00051d-07 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:10:30 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-120-219.snap.net.nz [202.124.120.219]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDDFD3D83C7; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:11:11 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id D34C6BE448; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:06:19 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Michael Fellinger In-Reply-To: <200611241027.14530.manveru@weez-int.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.91.2 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:62767 Archived-At: > > Is there some way to uniquely identify Archlinux? > > > > This could be even something like: > > > > iff we are on a linux system and... > > iff this is a 64-bit system and... > > iff file /etc/archlinux-release exists then... > > handle /usr/lib64 in a special manner > > Well, here is what you need :) The other factors are tested for already. > > [manveru@pi ~]$ cat /etc/arch-release > Arch Linux 0.7.2 (Gimmick) I think this would be a case of the tail wagging the dog. There are over 100 GNU/Linux distributions and I don't think Emacs should have to test for each of them. Aren't there some standards that the distributions conform to? -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob