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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello , currently we check in <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">make/</span><span lang="en-DE">autoconf/help.m4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">for a couple of well known package handler tools :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="en-DE">AC_DEFUN_ONCE([HELP_SETUP_DEPENDENCY_HELP],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="en-DE">[<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="en-DE"> UTIL_LOOKUP_PROGS(PKGHANDLER, zypper apt-get yum brew port pkgutil pkgadd pacman apk)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="en-DE">])<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This might be a great thing on UNIX/Mac , but on Windows we just get<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for zypper... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for apt-get... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for yum... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for brew... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for port... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for pkgutil... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for pkgadd... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for pacman... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE">checking for apk... [not found]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">and the whole check looks a bit questionable. So should we avoid those checks on Windows ? Or do they play some role (I have to admit that I just use cygwin maybe those tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> are more important on non-Cygwin Windows environments) ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For other (Windows only) checks started from
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> make/autoconf/configure.ac<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">we seem to check the OS before doing something (e.g. BASIC_WINDOWS_FINALIZE_FIXPATH).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards, Matthias<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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