Re: [PATCH 1 of 4 v2] configure: check host system

[Titus von Boxberg <titus at v9g dot de>]

Am 28.06.2011 um 23:56 schrieb Yann E. MORIN:
> +case "${host}" in
> +    Linux)  ;;
> +    Cygwin) ;;
> +    Darwin)
> +        printf " * Runing under Darwin is not fully supported\n"
> +        printf " * Although not strictly required, using MacPorts is highly recommended\n"
> +        printf " * Even though, you may encounter some weird behavior\n"
> +        ;;
> +    *)
> +        printf " * Runing under %s is not fully tested\n" "${host}"
> +        printf " * You may encounter some weird behavior\n"
> +        ;;

I don't like the wording for Darwin.
What does "fully supported" mean?
There is no "using MacPorts". What has to be done is given in docs/C.txt
And macports can in no way prevent "weird behaviour".

If you do want to print a message on Darwin, the message for *) is better suited.

Regards
Titus


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