[PATCH] drop "Win32" term

[Bruno Haible]

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 ()