This problem was also caused by Wine, and not visible under Windows XP.
See http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21292
My old patch fixes the problem under Wine, but this updated patch adds a
comment explaining.
Ok to push?
/Simon
diff --git a/m4/open.m4 b/m4/open.m4
index d705b3a..bc04613 100644
--- a/m4/open.m4
+++ b/m4/open.m4
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_OPEN],
[
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
case "$host_os" in
- mingw* | pw*)
+ pw*)
gl_REPLACE_OPEN
;;
*)
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ changequote(,)dnl
freebsd*) gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing no" ;;
solaris2.[0-9]*) gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing no" ;;
hpux*) gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing no" ;;
+ # The misbehaviour is only under Wine, see
+ # http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21292
+ mingw*) gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing no" ;;
*) gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing yes" ;;
esac
changequote([,])dnl
