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Subject:    Re: [Mingw-users] Re: make'ing make-3.18beta4 under mingw/msys - "undefined
From:       Keith MARSHALL <keith.marshall () total ! com>
Date:       2006-01-30 9:56:01
Message-ID: OF8238E866.569E2509-ON80257106.0035B8C6-80257106.00369135 () total ! com
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Earl Kinmonth wrote:
>> ... the user's intent is perfectly clear, because he himself knows
>> that "/c" refers to the MSYS mount point, where the Windows "C:" drive 
is
>> attached to the file system, as it is represented in the POSIX-like 
model
>> that MSYS uses at the command interpreter level.  He also knows, 
because
>> he read it in the README file he was shown, when he installed MSYS, 
that
>> if he needs to pass a "/c" option flag to a native Windows application,
>> then he must enter that, on the command line, in the form "//c".
>
> Whatever the merits or demerits of the original and subsequent postings, 

> this behavior of the MSYS implementation of bash is a real pain in the 
> ass, especially since it produces defacto string expansion where none 
> should take place (between single quotes), conventional escape sequences 

> do not stop this expansion, and there is no option to turn this 
> expansion on or off globally.

Yes, there *is* a bug in the MSYS path transliteration function.  This can
be particularly troublesome, when quoting is involved.

When Earnie is again able to devote time to the issue, we may get a more
satisfactory implementation.

Regards,
Keith.


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