Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

[Peter Rosin]

Bruno Haible skrev 2012-01-04 14:00:
> Hi,
> 
> Microsoft has renamed the Win32 API to "Windows API".[1]
> Also, some people (Paul Eggert) see a word of praise in the
> term "Win32".
> 
> After some discussion on bug-gnulib, when talking about hosts/platforms,
> we find it best to talk about "native Windows hosts" instead.
> ("Windows hosts" would include Cygwin, "native Windows hosts" doesn't.)
> 
> Here's a proposed patch for automake.
> 
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383723.aspx
> [2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00009.html
> [3] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00027.html
> 
> 
> 2012-01-04  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
> 
>       Phase out the use of the term "Win32".
>       * lib/compile: Mention native Windows hosts, not Win32 hosts.
>       * lib/ar-lib: Likewise.
> 
> --- lib/ar-lib.orig   Wed Jan  4 13:46:01 2012
> +++ lib/ar-lib        Wed Jan  4 13:14:43 2012
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
>  
>  # func_file_conv build_file
>  # Convert a $build file to $host form and store it in $file
> -# Currently only supports Win32 hosts.
> +# Currently only supports native Windows hosts.
>  func_file_conv ()
>  {
>    file=$1
> --- lib/compile.orig  Wed Jan  4 13:46:01 2012
> +++ lib/compile       Wed Jan  4 13:14:43 2012
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
>  
>  # func_file_conv build_file lazy
>  # Convert a $build file to $host form and store it in $file
> -# Currently only supports Win32 hosts. If the determined conversion
> +# Currently only supports native Windows hosts. If the determined conversion
>  # type is listed in (the comma separated) LAZY, no conversion will
>  # take place.
>  func_file_conv ()
> 
> 

These two func_file_conv functions support Cygwin, so that should probably
be 'Windows hosts' (i.e. w/o native) given your above description?

Cheers,
Peter