On Feb 20, 2008 10:02 PM, Danny Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 18, 2008 10:59 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > gcc/ChangeLog: > > 2008-02-17 Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > PR bootstrap/35218 > > * Makefile.in (build_file_translate): New. > > (gcc-vers.texi): Use it for translating $(abs_srcdir). > > * config.build (build_file_translate): Set to `CMD //c' on MinGW. > > * configure.ac (build_file_translate): Substitute it. > > * configure: Regenerate. > > > > This patch breaks native bootstrap on mingw systems that use > cygwin1.dll-dependent bash and development tools. As such, that would > be a regression against all versions of gcc since at least 2.95.3 > > The ' CMD //c' (with 2 slashes preceding the switch rather than the > one documented for cmd by Micrsosoft) is a MSYS-ism that causes > problems with non-MSYS shells (including the one provided by MS in > its SFU package) > > > GCC corrently bootstaps just fine (with or without the earlier > abs_srcdir patch) on mingw using the cygwin bash shell, make and > configure. Using cygwin shell rather than the MSYS shell means that > DejaGnu testsuite can be run. The last time I checked this was not > possible. with MSYS. >
I just noticed that this has been committed. Should I open a new bug report? The use of 'CMD //c' should be restricted to those systems that understand it. > Danny >
