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Re: [Patch 1/3] Small DOS issues


From: Tim Van Holder
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/3] Small DOS issues
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 22:53:52 +0100

> | +  if LFN=n test -f "$cache_file"; then
> 
> Nia?  This lacks a documentation in `test' in autoconf.texi, to say
> the least.  What is this horror?  How come Bash is not smart enough to
> handle this by itself?

It's a Win2K issue.  It does not properly detect devices (such as the
NUL device) if the LFN interrupts are used.  The LFN=n disables the
use of the LFN API in DJGPP, so this works again.
This'll just stay local to the DJGPP port - no biggie.




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