[Axiom-developer] Re: [Axiom-commit] SF.net SVN: axiom: [885] trunk/axiom

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> +echo SYSNAME ---- SYSTEM
> +echo =========================================================
> +echo redhat72 --- RedHat 7.2 linux
> +echo redhat9 ---- RedHat 9 linux
> +echo debian ----- Debian linux
> +echo opensuse --- OpenSuse linux
> +echo ubuntu ----- Ubuntu linux
> +echo fedora3 ---- Fedora Core 3 linux
> +echo fedora5 ---- Fedora 5 linux
> +echo fedora6 ---- Fedora 6 linux
> +echo fedora7 ---- Fedora 7 linux
> +echo fedora8 ---- Fedora 8 linux
> +echo fedora9 ---- Fedora 9 linux
> +echo fedora8-64 - Fedora 8 linux on 64 bit platform
> +echo fedora64 --- Fedora generic 64 bit build
> +echo gentoo ----- Gentoo generic build
> +echo linux ------ generic linux
> +echo macosxppc -- Mac OSX 10.4 with XCode installed
> +echo 
> +echo To use this information to build Axiom, decide which system is
> +echo closest to your configuration and look under the SYSNAME column.

Tim, is there really no way to figure out that SYSNAME variable by a 
script? I have no idea myself, but I still don't think that it is a good 
idea to put some burden on the user to set any variable.

Anyhow, the readme seems now a bit clearer.

Ralf