Re: Compile ice-9/popen.scm for MinGW

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
> Cc: Mark H Weaver <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:06:44 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
> > Once open-process worked for me, I quickly found out that
> > modules/ice-9/popen.scm is not being compiled.  This is because
> > configure.ac explicitly excludes it for systems lacking 'fork':
> >
> >    AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_ICE_9_POPEN],
> >      [test "x$enable_posix" = "xyes" && test "x$ac_cv_func_fork" = "xyes"])
> >
> > Not sure how best to fix this; perhaps the test should be removed
> > altogether (are there any supported systems that cannot support
> > popen.scm?).
> 
> The test was in response to <http://bugs.gnu.org/13848>, which is a
> MinGW issue, so it’s safe to remove it when the fork-less MinGW
> replacement that you proposed is committed.

OK, will do.  Thanks.