- # If someone lacks ftruncate, make configure fail, and request
- # a bug report to inform us about it.
- if test x"$SKIP_FTRUNCATE_CHECK" != xyes; then
- AC_MSG_FAILURE([Your system lacks the ftruncate function.
- Please report this, along with the output of "uname -a", to the
- bug-coreutils@gnu.org mailing list. To continue past this point,
- rerun configure with SKIP_FTRUNCATE_CHECK=yes set in the environment.
- E.g., env SKIP_FTRUNCATE_CHECK=yes ./configure])
- fi
+ case "$host_os" in
+ mingw*)
+ # Yes, we know mingw lacks ftruncate.
+ ;;
+ *)
+ # If someone lacks ftruncate, make configure fail, and request
+ # a bug report to inform us about it.
+ if test x"$SKIP_FTRUNCATE_CHECK" != xyes; then
+ AC_MSG_FAILURE([Your system lacks the ftruncate function.
+ Please report this, along with the output of "uname -a", to the
+ bug-coreutils@gnu.org mailing list. To continue past this point,
+ rerun configure with SKIP_FTRUNCATE_CHECK=yes.
+ E.g., ./configure SKIP_FTRUNCATE_CHECK=yes])
+ fi
+ esac