[sr #110901] libtool hangs indefinitely on windows when used in msys due to cmd.exe call bug

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Update of sr #110901 (group libtool):=0A=0A                  Status:       =
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 Looks like MSys is still in (very inactive) use.=0A> The project page has =
two years old activity.=0ACould you link the project page here? =0A=0A> I w=
ouldn't drop support for now, as it is easy to check for 'cygpath'=0A> avai=
lability and use it, if it is present.=0AI will work on a patch for this or=
 something similar.=0A=0A> Not directly related: libtool could be inspected=
 for other path conversions=0A> as cygpath is much faster than conversion v=
ia cmd.=0AI agree that this would be good to look at improving. I am not su=
re if I could=0Acomplete this before the next release, but I will look into=
 it.=0A=0A=0A[comment #11 comment #11:]=0A> I would still highly recommend =
adding a bypass ENV var as its fairly=0A> straightforward to just use posix=
 style compat windows paths. Giving the user=0A> (or software) the ability =
to turn it off would seem beneficial.   =0AThis sounds fine to me. Could yo=
u write a patch for this, or specify the ENV=0Avariable and parts of path c=
onversion that you would like bypassed?=0A=0A> Libtool is quite slow on win=
dows in many cases. A large part of this on=0A> windows due to all the proc=
ess spawning.   While I don't mind manually=0A> modifying the libtool scrip=
t to strip this function out of automated builds=0A> there is a bit of a da=
nce to make sure it doesn't get restored over.=0ATesting on windows for lib=
tool is quite slow, but hopefully I can improve that=0Asoon.=0A=0A=0A    __=
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