On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 01:18:57PM -0700, jafa wrote: > On 9/19/2012 10:45 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: > > On 9/19/2012 1:41 PM, jafa wrote: > > Try installing the test version of the base-files package (4.1-2). > > There was a thread six months ago or so where it was decided that > > setting vars in both upcase and lowercase was a bad idea (breaks .net > > applications, for one thing, and confuses many others). This change > > was implemented in base-files as a test, but has never been promoted.
Nor did I had the smallest piece of feedback :( Chuck, thanks for the wake up call. I'll try releasing a new one during the next week. > Windows sets temp and tmp to windows style paths (eg > C:\Users\build\AppData\Local\Temp) > Cygwin sets TEMP and TMP to cygwin style paths (eg /tmp) > Confirming, MSVS fails to compile if both "TMP" and "tmp" are set. > The workaround is to unset TEMP and TMP on the line that invokes MSVS. > MSVS detects the Windows style "temp" and "tmp" vars and runs ok. > Having just one "TMP" var may cause problems... if TMP is set to a > cygwin style path MSVS won't work, and if TMP is set to a Windows style > path some cygwin apps might not work. > The current release implementation works ok - Cygwin apps work without > issue and MSVS works as long as you unset TEMP and TMP before invoking. -- Primary key fingerprint: AD8F BDC0 5A2C FD5F A179 60E7 F79B AB04 5299 EC56
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