Re: [PATCH 1/2] canonicalize: make the right guess when cross-compiling to GNU

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Bruno,

Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> skribis:

> Hi Ludo,
>
>>       [case "$host_os" in
>>                  # Guess yes on glibc systems.
>> -        *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_realpath_works="guessing yes" ;;
>> +        *gnu*)  gl_cv_func_realpath_works="guessing yes" ;;
>>                  # If we don't know, assume the worst.
>>          *)      gl_cv_func_realpath_works="guessing no" ;;
>
> The Hurd porting guidelines [1] recommend to use an  | gnu*
> clause. This also sounds more future-proof: imagine what if a new OS
> comes along with the name 'bignux' or similar. The clause *gnu* would
> match it.

Right.

Thanks!
Ludo’.