X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:24:34 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: change in behavior of make from 3.80 to 3.81 Message-ID: <20060817042433.GA18335@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <6.2.3.4.2.20060816091525.0ab90af0@pop.nycap.rr.com> <20060816144110.GX20467@calimero.vinschen.de> <6.2.3.4.2.20060816111421.0b446b60@pop.nycap.rr.com> <20060816155054.GY20467@calimero.vinschen.de> <6.2.3.4.2.20060816144036.09695af0@pop.nycap.rr.com> <20060816194705.GB7674@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <6.2.3.4.2.20060816162448.09699ca0@pop.nycap.rr.com> <17635.34130.414540.228731@segfault.lan> <6.2.3.4.2.20060816212830.096af8d0@pop.nycap.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20060816212830.096af8d0@pop.nycap.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 09:41:23PM -0400, William A. Hoffman wrote: >The original make-3.81 does not compile with HAVE_DOS_PATHS on cygwin, >and a patch on the make-w32 list crashed, I found the cause of the crash >and with my patch all tests for make check pass. Also, windows paths >work in makefiles again. > >The reason I am posting this patch to this list is so that other cygwin >users can try the patch and make sure that things work in the ways they >expect. Presenting the cygwin mailing list with a patch that hasn't been commented on by the upstream make maintainer (or me*, for that matter) is not a good idea. I've subsequently (as promised) expressed my concerns about your patch and, if others have issues, you'll be in the situation of "No, don't try that one, try this one instead" when/if you adapt to the concerns. This is why the suggestion was that you take the patch to the upstream mailing list. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/