Hi,
Microsoft has renamed the Win32 API to "Windows API".[1]
Also, some people (Paul Eggert) see a word of praise in the
term "Win32".
After some discussion on bug-gnulib, when talking about hosts/platforms,
we find it best to talk about "native Windows hosts" instead.
("Windows hosts" would include Cygwin, "native Windows hosts" doesn't.)
Here's a proposed patch for automake.
[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383723.aspx
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00009.html
[3] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00027.html
2012-01-04 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
Phase out the use of the term "Win32".
* lib/compile: Mention native Windows hosts, not Win32 hosts.
* lib/ar-lib: Likewise.
--- lib/ar-lib.orig Wed Jan 4 13:46:01 2012
+++ lib/ar-lib Wed Jan 4 13:14:43 2012
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
# func_file_conv build_file
# Convert a $build file to $host form and store it in $file
-# Currently only supports Win32 hosts.
+# Currently only supports native Windows hosts.
func_file_conv ()
{
file=$1
--- lib/compile.orig Wed Jan 4 13:46:01 2012
+++ lib/compile Wed Jan 4 13:14:43 2012
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
# func_file_conv build_file lazy
# Convert a $build file to $host form and store it in $file
-# Currently only supports Win32 hosts. If the determined conversion
+# Currently only supports native Windows hosts. If the determined conversion
# type is listed in (the comma separated) LAZY, no conversion will
# take place.
func_file_conv ()
