diff -Naur tidy-cvs20080116.orig/include/platform.h tidy-cvs20080116/include/platform.h
--- tidy-cvs20080116.orig/include/platform.h	2007-02-11 20:45:52.000000000 +1100
+++ tidy-cvs20080116/include/platform.h	2008-01-16 13:33:33.000000000 +1100
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#elif defined(linux) || defined(__linux__)
+#elif defined(linux) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__GLIBC__)
 /* generic Linux */
 #define LINUX_OS
 #ifndef PLATFORM_NAME
