X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:57:19 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: change in behavior of make from 3.80 to 3.81 Message-ID: <20060814215719.GA32432@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <6 DOT 2 DOT 3 DOT 4 DOT 2 DOT 20060814153701 DOT 0b3cab80 AT pop DOT nycap DOT rr DOT com> <20060814213132 DOT GA31811 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <6 DOT 2 DOT 3 DOT 4 DOT 2 DOT 20060814174744 DOT 0b3d7a10 AT pop DOT nycap DOT rr DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20060814174744.0b3d7a10@pop.nycap.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 05:50:00PM -0400, William A. Hoffman wrote: >At 05:31 PM 8/14/2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 05:15:50PM -0400, Harig, Mark wrote: >>> >>That isn't going to help with programs like cl which take MS-DOS command >>line arguments, nor, is my oft-suggested but consistently ignored perl >>script for converting a makefile from MS-DOS to cygwin paths. > >True, and as an example of a high profile project that was hit by this, >I found FireFox, has not quite figured out what to do about the change. If I am somehow conveying the impression that there is some threshold of affected users which will cause me to spend my own time trying to modify make, let me make it clear - that is not the case. I just don't care about MS-DOS paths. Sorry. 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/