Re: [PATCHES] patches for compiling GNU emacs 21.2 under Cygwin

[Richard Stallman]

    >  -  (if (memq system-type '(hpux dgux usg-unix-v irix linux gnu/linux))
    >  +  (if (memq system-type '(hpux dgux usg-unix-v irix linux gnu/linux 
cygwin))
    > 
    > Since we are introducing a new value for system-type, it should be
    > documented in the ELisp manual, I think.

Making a new value for system-type is a drastic thing to do.
It could mean many places that test system-type need to be changed.
Is that really the best thing to do here?  How many of these tests
want to treat cygwin differently from windows-nt, and how many of
them want to treat it the same?

Is it possible to distinguish them using system-configuration?