Re: Cygwin List O' Issues...[make install DESTDIR=]

[Charles Wilson]

Tim Van Holder wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 05:38, Charles Wilson wrote:
>
> > Charles Wilson wrote:
>
> > @@ -2243,6 +2254,14 @@
> >                 add="$dir/$linklib"
> >               elif test "$hardcode_minus_L" = yes; then
> >                 add_dir="-L$dir"
> > +               # Try looking first in the location we're being installed to.
> > +               if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
> > +                 case "$libdir" in
> > +                   [\/]*)
>
> This should use [\\/].  IIRC some versions of bash have a bug in their
> matching that causes them not to match a backslash if it is not doubled.


okay, but ...


> Also, since this is probably an 'is_absolute' check, it should really be
> [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]* )  (cfr the File System Conventions chapter in
> the autoconf manual's portability section).


This part won't work.  It's possible we need a separate case for A:style 
paths.  Because the rest of the patch does:

+ 
	      add_dir="-L$inst_prefix_dir$libdir $add_dir"

E.g. prepend the inst_prefix.  But A:/inst_prefix/A:/usr/lib is NOT a 
valid path; for A:style paths you'd need to strip the drive specifier 
from $libdir before prepending $inst_prefix...

Help solicited...

--Chuck