On 5/2/24 3:50 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Would the following be correct?
>>
>> command = ['sh', '-c', f'patch {shlex.quote(test_driver)} <
>> {shlex.quote(diff)}']
>> try:
>> result = sp.call(command, stdout=sp.DEVNULL, stderr=sp.DEVNULL)
>> except OSError as exc:
>>
Collin Funk wrote:
> Ah, good point. I didn't realize it was possible to use a native
> Windows Python3 (os.name == 'nt') with Cygwin tools.
It appears that's what the original reporter is doing [1]: you see
file names with backslashes and you see Windows error codes being
reported, rather than PO
On 5/2/24 3:28 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Can I apply the attached patched?
>
> Yes, now it is OK to push.
Done.
>> Also, last night when fixing the quoting issue I was thinking if
>> gnulib-tool.py should quit on unsupported platforms (native Windows).
>
> Yes, this is reasonable, since we alr
Hi Collin,
> Can I apply the attached patched?
Yes, now it is OK to push.
> Also, last night when fixing the quoting issue I was thinking if
> gnulib-tool.py should quit on unsupported platforms (native Windows).
Yes, this is reasonable, since we already determined that our
unsupported platform
Hi Bruno,
On 5/2/24 2:29 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> I would additionally format it as a subsection, so that it clearly stands
> out from the rest:
Can I apply the attached patched?
Also, last night when fixing the quoting issue I was thinking if
gnulib-tool.py should quit on unsupported platforms
Hi Collin,
> I read the emails you sent and INSTALL.windows in gettext. How about
> this revised version based on that information?
>
> Since Cygwin is preferred we can just have a single section for that.
> Mention explicitly that it is preferred over MSYS2.
Pretty good already.
> diff --git a
Hi Bruno,
On 5/1/24 5:35 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> This details about the two packages are correct. But the impression that
> the entire DEPENDENCIES file would give is not right. Namely, the
> impression is that all users need not only 'make', 'm4', ..., 'tar',
> but also Cygwin and MSYS2.
>
> I
Hi Collin,
> Before I add Cygwin and MSYS2 to the DEPENDENCIES file can you double
> check them?
This details about the two packages are correct. But the impression that
the entire DEPENDENCIES file would give is not right. Namely, the
impression is that all users need not only 'make', 'm4', ...,
