Convert final user of TARGET==darwin to use the cross-compile variables instead

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -346,14 +346,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch --force --tags
 
-
-      - name: generate a makefile and use it to install more packages
-        run: |
-          # This is a pretty big hammer, but gets the windows compile moving
-          ./scripts/hack_fakeautoconf.sh
-          make build-dep
-        shell: bash
-
       - name: Run a configure step
         run: |
           export CFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"

Makefile

@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ export CONFIG_TARGET
 ifndef CONFIG_TARGET
 ifeq ($(shell uname -o),Msys)
 CONFIG_TARGET=mingw
-else ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
-CONFIG_TARGET=darwin
-else
-CONFIG_TARGET=generic
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ APPS+=example_sn_embed
 
 DOCS=edge.8.gz supernode.1.gz n2n.7.gz
 
-# This is the superset of all packages that might be needed during the build.
+# This is the list of Debian/Ubuntu packages that are needed during the build.
 # Mostly of use in automated build systems.
 BUILD_DEP:=\
 	autoconf \
@@ -282,15 +278,21 @@ gcov:
 
 # This is a convinent target to use during development or from a CI/CD system
 .PHONY: build-dep
-build-dep:
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_TARGET),generic)
-	sudo apt install $(BUILD_DEP)
-else ifeq ($(CONFIG_TARGET),darwin)
-	brew install automake gcovr
+
+ifneq (,$(findstring darwin,$(CONFIG_HOST_OS)))
+build-dep: build-dep-brew
 else
-	echo Not attempting to install dependancies for system $(CONFIG_TARGET)
+build-dep: build-dep-dpkg
 endif
 
+.PHONY: build-dep-dpkg
+build-dep-dpkg:
+	sudo apt install $(BUILD_DEP)
+
+.PHONY: build-dep-brew
+build-dep-brew:
+	brew install automake gcovr
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -f src/edge.o src/supernode.o src/example_edge_embed.o src/example_edge_embed_quick_edge_init.o src/example_sn_embed.o

config.mak.in

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # @configure_input@
 
 CONFIG_HOST=@host@
+CONFIG_HOST_OS=@host_os@
 CONFIG_PREFIX=@prefix@
 
 PACKAGE_VERSION=@PACKAGE_VERSION@

configure.ac

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_pthread" != xno],
 
 
 AC_SUBST(host)
+AC_SUBST(host_os)
 AC_SUBST(WINDRES)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(include/config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(config.mak)