X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=WxWQF9BEct1NCoPK WMzmlLzs0fHOygQ1/x7vc4AB0HLYWzOKl9qrJ8znI+zKXnT6KYtLWsPUtBj3Br1t 9OKNTmNrqB90J2M4P+7xS0U9Kn8BbD2KAivkBg1C5/nuh1+j+Hwq5FvdJ3K9Fcid USnV8FzBtYz/TdmuUqnwY1xmRjU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=VCfKVqAHXsOlzFSheVWefB 2Ia0I=; b=cHcUpN8BVFhkIu08o7f4edwAvIKwzaxZqAGBo31ySokVhcO9T/7yKG P07AuLUJaPYwiqhifpqlOiBizXMf38VnL9ggFFmTNWzTkKc8oUnqJBfZZIFiW5gE f1ejsVa8V0px36yrzoZEPslhUV6fUZKZiLkX6oiK/D9ODx+ji/0y4= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: UNC and POSIX paths Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:35:35 +0200 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <8738sgiqs8.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <003501ce6b5f$b41f2c10$1c5d8430$%fedin AT samsung DOT com> <036c01ce6b6d$0ada5090$208ef1b0$@malth.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Andrew DeFaria writes: > I'm trying to understand the reluctance towards "fixing the problem" > and instead the insistence on "putting a band aid on it". So in the > above, why would you not instead do --prefix=/usr/local? Because some scripts try to use $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX) rather than $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX) or otherwise insist on adding a slash somewhere in the expansion of directory paths without checking whether they are "" or "/". While it'd be preferable that these expansions be fixed, simply prepending a few more slashes usually works when the system follows POSIX rules since only "//" is special. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple