Re: make check under Cygwin

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:30:14 +0200
> From: Denis Excoffier <address@hidden>
> 
> 4) If i do _not_ apply the following patch:
> 
> % type patch
> diff -uNr make-3.99.92-original/configure 
> make-3.99.92-patched/configure
> --- make-3.99.92-original/configure   2013-09-23 06:50:50.000000000 +0159
> +++ make-3.99.92-patched/configure    2013-09-25 11:12:37.020859600 +0159
> @@ -7817,7 +7817,7 @@
>       cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
>   /* end confdefs.h.  */
> 
> -#if !defined _WIN32 && !defined __WIN32__ && !defined __MSDOS__ && 
> !defined __EMX__ && !defined __MSYS__ && !defined __CYGWIN__
> +#if !defined _WIN32 && !defined __WIN32__ && !defined __MSDOS__ && 
> !defined __EMX__ && !defined __MSYS__
>   neither MSDOS nor Windows nor OS2
>   #endif
> 
> %
> 
> i obtain the following errors:
> - output-sync (8/13 passed)
> - recursion (1/2 passed)
> - abspath (0/1 passed)
> - MAKE (0/1 passed)

I think the problem is abspath, which fails on Cygwin with DOS-style
file names with a drive letter.  Fixing that function on Cygwin is a
priority for this release, if possible.  The patch you suggest, OTOH,
entirely disables support for DOS-style file names in the Cygwin
build, which is a much worse alternative.