[Groff] Re: MSYS Shell -- Path Separator Nuisances

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Problems 1 and 2 are easily fixed, by simply always using a colon as
> the path separator, in these two makefiles.  However, if we simply
> do this, how will other shells used with Windows cope with the
> change?  Will we break the make process with MKS or DJGPP shells?
> Does anyone know of other shells we need to accommodate?

If I understand you correctly, we need two variables for separators,
say, $COMPILE_SEP and $RUNTIME_SEP.

> The nroff problem is somewhat more complex, but also quite easy to
> fix. In this case, the solution will, I think, be rather shell
> specific: the use of '/d' to represent 'd:' is, AFAIK, unique to the
> MSYS shell.

If possible, please use variables -- in case it is really necessary,
we could introduce a $ROOT_SEP variable or something like that.


    Werner