Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Hi Bruno, * Bruno Haible wrote on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:47:44PM CET: > Find attached the resulting logs (stdout+stderr, and > tests/testsuite.dir/36/testsuite.log). > > The test passes. But it also passes when I comment out the line > newargv = prepare_spawn (newargv); > in ltmain.sh and do a

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Hi Ralf, > Sure. I've pushed the combined patch as > . Thanks for adding this. > > What should I check, other than "./configure; make; make check"? > > Wait until the nightly snapshot on

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

[ Cc:ing the list ] * Bruno Haible wrote on Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:21:10AM CET: > > > If you prefer a tarball for testing, then I can also just push the > > combined patch and you can use the nightly build from the Libtool > > web page. > > Yes please. It's safer and less troublesome if I can u

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Hello Bruno, Charles, apologies for the long delay. * Bruno Haible wrote on Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 02:38:31AM CEST: > > +for arg in \ > > + 'def ghi' \ > > + 'd"e' 'f"g' \ > > + 'd\"e' 'f\"g' \ [...] > Well, I meant these as pairs of arguments. When you pass just one argument > > d"e >

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> with all deliberate speed. > > Not sure what you mean here. If you mean applying the patch without > a testsuite addition, then my humble reply is: if we had abandoned > that strategy just longer ago, we'd have avoided a few embarrassing > regressions. Not this. Rushing

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Hi Charles, * Charles Wilson wrote on Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 09:11:28PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > I think instead of Bruno's patch a much simpler fix is possible by > > including a different header: > > > For the reasons

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I haven't finished the testsuite addition yet. This fix requires > such an addition. Ack. > I think instead of Bruno's patch a much simpler fix is possible by > including a different header: > But tha

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Hello Charles, Bruno, * Charles Wilson wrote on Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 05:16:03PM CET: > Bruno Haible wrote: > > This is a severe regression in libtool 2.x w.r.t. 1.5.26. On mingw, several > > of the gettext tests fail because the executable wrapper created by the > > libtool script does two bad thi

Re: executable wrapper on mingw mangles arguments

Bruno Haible wrote: > This is a severe regression in libtool 2.x w.r.t. 1.5.26. On mingw, several > of the gettext tests fail because the executable wrapper created by the > libtool script does two bad things: > 1) It converts argv[0] from a filename with backslashes to a filename with >slashes