Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#1381 closed defect (wontfix)
The windows feature should not be set on Cygwin
| Reported by: | johnwcowan | Owned by: | felix winkelmann |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | 5.0 |
| Component: | core libraries | Version: | 4.12.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Estimated difficulty: | easy |
Description
In general, the assumption that Cygwin is Windows is a bad idea. Cygwin doesn't like Windows paths, though it can tolerate them in some circumstances, and process execution is done via bash, not via cmd. On a Cygwin build, the windows: entry in (features) should not be present.
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
| Estimated difficulty: | → easy |
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| Milestone: | someday → 5.0 |
comment:2 by , 8 years ago
| Owner: | set to |
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| Status: | new → accepted |
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
(software-type) returns #:windows on Cygwin systems (because that is what it is.) I'd rather change those places that exhibit wrong behaviour by assuming a windows feature implies a non-cygwin system.
Is there specific beahviour that is wrong, or is this just a philosophical issue?
comment:4 by , 8 years ago
Well, specifically build-platform's outputs don't make sense. 'cygwin', 'gnu', and 'clang' are all possible results, but you can build on Cygwin with either gcc or clang. By promoting Cygwin to an OS, we can get sensible results from build-platform.
comment:5 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | accepted → closed |
We've already changed build-platform to return gnu on Cygwin/gcc. software-type is the operating system, which is still Windows.
I think changing this for CHICKEN 4 is a bit too radical, but for CHICKEN 5 it's a good idea to change this.