Re: Recognize the *-*-windows* config triplets introduced on 2023-06-26

[Bruno Haible]

Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=commitdiff;h=91f6a7f616b161c25ba2001861a40e662e18c4ad
> >
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=commitdiff;h=28ea239c53a2d5d8800c472bc2452eaa16e37af2
> > the host_os values windows* (and in particular windows*-msvc*) were
> > introduced, to denote native Windows environments.
> 
> I had been under the impression (following a lengthy argument on the config-
> patches mailing list) that these were going to be at least partially
> reverted

Yes, there was a long discussion on the mailing list, and the second commit
that I cited above is the partial revert.

> but your patch does no harm in any case, so I've applied it.

More precisely, my patch prevents harm in the future :-)

Thanks.

Bruno