Hi Wolfgang,
#1 is ugly in that 99.99% of the time an empty os_support.c file is processed.
#2 is ugly in that the Makefile method to determine a target OS is somewhat hokey and will only get hokier if/when additional OS targets are supported.
I'd vote for #1 as I think the wasted time of processing os_support.c is a drop in the bucket and it seems a bit cleaner than hacking up the Makefile.
If others have any clever ideas let me know.
It seems there were no really clever ideas, or did I miss them?
Hm.. actually I lost track of which patch is missing. Could you please send me a pointer to the latest and greatest version? Sorry & thanks.
The original v3 of "Add support for building native win32 tools" has actually been merged already.
After merging the patch, you had requested a cleanup patch to which I responded with the patch's rationale as well as a possible (in my opinion) dirtier cleanup. No one else suggested a cleaner way to implement the change, so what is currently committed should be correct.
I'm still open to clever ideas if anyone has one though:)
Thanks, Peter