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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 01:18:57PM -0700, jafa wrote:
> On 9/19/2012 10:45 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> > On 9/19/2012 1:41 PM, jafa wrote:
> > Try installing the test version of the base-files package (4.1-2).
> > There was a thread six months ago or so where it was decided that
> > setting vars in both upcase and lowercase was a bad idea (breaks .net
> > applications, for one thing, and confuses many others).  This change
> > was implemented in base-files as a test, but has never been promoted.

Nor did I had the smallest piece of feedback :(
Chuck, thanks for the wake up call. I'll try releasing a new one
during the next week.

> Windows sets temp and tmp to windows style paths (eg
> C:\Users\build\AppData\Local\Temp)
> Cygwin sets TEMP and TMP to cygwin style paths (eg /tmp)
> Confirming, MSVS fails to compile if both "TMP" and "tmp" are set.
> The workaround is to unset TEMP and TMP on the line that invokes MSVS.
> MSVS detects the Windows style "temp" and "tmp" vars and runs ok.
> Having just one "TMP" var may cause problems... if TMP is set to a
> cygwin style path MSVS won't work, and if TMP is set to a Windows style
> path some cygwin apps might not work.
> The current release implementation works ok - Cygwin apps work without
> issue and MSVS works as long as you unset TEMP and TMP before invoking.

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