David Rothenberger wrote: > 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;". Bingo. That did it! So does that mean that make 3.80 was wrong then? Thank you very much! Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, Diliman 1101, Quezon City Philippines http://www.astra.ph -- The Astra Group of Companies 5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City Tokyo 206-0011, Japan http://www.astra.co.jp -- 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/