Fix bug #12955 with building under MSYS Bash.

 src/makefile.w32-in (globals.h, gl-stamp): Use $(SWITCHCHAR) instead
 of a literal "/".
 (gl-stamp): Invoke fc.exe directly, not through cmd.

5 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/nt/ChangeLog b/nt/ChangeLog
index 6737f952a43..ae6cb231614 100644
--- a/nt/ChangeLog
+++ b/nt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-11-23  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * gmake.defs (SWITCHCHAR): Define to // under MSYS, / otherwise.
+        (Bug#12955)
+
+        * nmake.defs (SWITCHCHAR): Define to /.
+
 2012-11-23  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Assume POSIX 1003.1-1988 or later for dirent.h (Bug#12958).
diff --git a/nt/gmake.defs b/nt/gmake.defs
index 358c262db28..3d545fab975 100644
--- a/nt/gmake.defs
+++ b/nt/gmake.defs
@@ -69,10 +69,18 @@ sh_output := $(shell echo)
 ifeq "$(findstring ECHO, $(sh_output))" "ECHO"
 THE_SHELL = $(COMSPEC)$(ComSpec)
 SHELLTYPE=CMD
+SWITCHCHAR=/
 else
 USING_SH = 1
 THE_SHELL = $(SHELL)
 SHELLTYPE=SH
+# MSYS needs to double the slash in cmd-style switches to avoid
+# interpreting /x as a Posix style file name reference
+ifneq ($(MSYSTEM),)
+SWITCHCHAR=//
+else
+SWITCHCHAR=/
+endif
 endif
 
 MAKETYPE=gmake
diff --git a/nt/nmake.defs b/nt/nmake.defs
index 16a787ea30a..2c6bc66b673 100644
--- a/nt/nmake.defs
+++ b/nt/nmake.defs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ all:
 

 THE_SHELL = $(COMSPEC)

 SHELLTYPE=CMD

+SWITCHCHAR=/

 

 MAKETYPE=nmake

 

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5566b623cec..45df517eff5 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-11-23  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * makefile.w32-in (globals.h, gl-stamp): Use $(SWITCHCHAR) instead
+        of a literal "/".  (Bug#12955)
+        (gl-stamp): Invoke fc.exe directly, not through cmd.
+
 2012-11-23  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Assume POSIX 1003.1-1988 or later for dirent.h (Bug#12958).
diff --git a/src/makefile.w32-in b/src/makefile.w32-in
index 5d0c6e72146..a296f6eb393 100644
--- a/src/makefile.w32-in
+++ b/src/makefile.w32-in
@@ -229,12 +229,12 @@ SOME_MACHINE_OBJECTS = dosfns.o msdos.o \
 obj = $(GLOBAL_SOURCES:.c=.o)
 
 globals.h: gl-stamp
-        @cmd /c rem true
+        @cmd $(SWITCHCHAR)c rem true
 
 gl-stamp: ../lib-src/$(BLD)/make-docfile.exe $(GLOBAL_SOURCES)
         - $(DEL) gl-tmp
         "$(THISDIR)/../lib-src/$(BLD)/make-docfile" -d . -g $(SOME_MACHINE_OBJECTS) $(obj) > gl-tmp
-        cmd /c "fc /b gl-tmp globals.h >nul 2>&1 || $(CP) gl-tmp globals.h"
+        fc.exe $(SWITCHCHAR)b gl-tmp globals.h >nul 2>&1 || $(CP) gl-tmp globals.h
         - $(DEL) gl-tmp
         echo timestamp > $@