added automatic detection for the HURD operating system
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 04802b7..0e60dd3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-28  David Turner    <david.turner@freetype.org>
+
+	* builds/hurd/detect.mk: added support to detect the GNU Hurd operating
+	system as Unix-like. Fix submitted by Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
+
 2001-02-22  David Turner    <david.turner@freetype.org>
 
 	* src/base/ftgrays.c (grays_sweep): the function didn't exit
diff --git a/builds/hurd/detect.mk b/builds/hurd/detect.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..188fb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builds/hurd/detect.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Copyright 1996-2000 by
+# David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
+#
+# This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, modified,
+# and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project license,
+# LICENSE.TXT.  By continuing to use, modify, or distribute this file you
+# indicate that you have read the license and understand and accept it
+# fully.
+#
+# This file is used to compile FreeType on the GNU Hurd operating system
+# the _only_ difference with builds/unix/detect.mk is that we look for
+# a file named "/hurd/auth" instead of "/sbin/init"
+#
+
+.PHONY: devel lcc setup unix
+
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM),ansi)
+
+  is_hurd := $(strip $(wildcard /hurd/auth))
+  ifneq ($(is_hurd),)
+
+  PLATFORM := unix
+  COPY     := cp
+  DELETE   := rm -f
+
+
+  # If `devel' is the requested target, we use a special configuration
+  # file named `unix-dev.mk'.  It disables optimization and libtool.
+  #
+  ifneq ($(findstring devel,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+    CONFIG_FILE := unix-dev.mk
+    CC          := gcc
+    devel: setup
+  else
+
+    # If `lccl' is the requested target, we use a special configuration
+    # file named `unix-lcc.mk'.  It disables libtool for LCC
+    #
+    ifneq ($(findstring lcc,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+      CONFIG_FILE := unix-lcc.mk
+      CC          := lcc
+      lcc: setup
+    else
+      # If a Unix platform is detected, the configure script is called and
+      # `unix-def.mk' together with `unix-cc.mk' is created.
+      #
+      # Arguments to `configure' should be in the CFG variable.  Example:
+      #
+      #   make CFG="--prefix=/usr --disable-static"
+      #
+      # If you need to set CFLAGS or LDFLAGS, do it here also.
+      #
+      # Feel free to add support for other platform specific compilers in
+      # this directory (e.g. solaris.mk + changes here to detect the
+      # platform).
+      #
+       CONFIG_FILE := unix.mk
+       setup: unix-def.mk
+       unix: setup
+     endif
+   endif
+
+   setup: std_setup
+
+   unix-def.mk: $(TOP)/builds/unix/unix-def.in
+           cd builds/unix; $(USE_CFLAGS) ./configure $(CFG)
+
+  endif # test Unix
+endif   # test PLATFORM
+
+# EOF
+
+