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Subject:	Re: Cygwin (1.7.8 and other versions) problems with globbing when invoked from DOS/Windows with nested quotes
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:47:12PM -0400, David Boyce wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 3/18/2011 2:39 PM, Alex Khripin wrote:
>> If you're using a native Windows 'make' with a Cywgin shell, you're better
>> off making your tools consistent. ?Quoting mechanisms for Windows do not
>> align with those used by Cygwin/Linux/Unix, so things are already
>> problematic.
>> Passing in a DOS path to a Cygwin shell and expecting the output to be
>> properly quoted for a Windows version of 'make' is just asking for trouble.
>> So I'd recommend staying on one side of the fence or the other if you want
>> to minimize headaches.
>
>That's the expected - and generally reasonable - answer from the
>Cygwin side, but it's worth noting that GNU make documents this combo
>as being workable. From the README.W32 file in the source package:
>
>       Good news! Make now has native support for Cygwin sh. To enable,
>       define the HAVE_CYGWIN_SHELL in config.h and rebuild make
>       from scratch. This version of make tested with B20.1 of Cygwin.
>       Do not define BATCH_MODE_ONLY_SHELL if you use HAVE_CYGWIN_SHELL.

Even if it is supposed to be workable it's not a combination that's
supported here.

cgf

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