On 7/18/2007 9:03 PM, Carlo Florendo wrote: > I've got (and attached) this simple Makefile that checks the build > platform of a machine. >> Here's the cut-and-pasted content of the Makefile: >> PLATFORM=$(shell uname -s | cut -f 1 -d " " | cut -f 1 -d "_"); Try removing the trailing semicolon. It is not removed by make, so PLATFORM ends up being "CYGWIN;". -- David Rothenberger spammer? -> spam@daveroth.dyndns.org GPG/PGP: 0x92D68FD8, DB7C 5146 1AB0 483A 9D27 DFBA FBB9 E328 92D6 8FD8 Ferguson's Precept: A crisis is when you can't say "let's forget the whole thing." -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/