Re: Minor patch to correct buffer overrun

  On 26/08/2010 1:15 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Is the comment appropriate?
> Yes, but please format it according to the GNU coding standards:
>
>    /* bla bla bla
>       yak yak yak.  */

Done:

--- make.h.orig 2010-07-20 09:12:06 -0400
+++ make.h      2010-08-26 21:49:15 -0400
@@ -306,10 +306,14 @@
  #define S_(msg1,msg2,num)   ngettext (msg1,msg2,num)

  /* Handle other OSs.  */
-#ifndef PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR
-# if defined(HAVE_DOS_PATHS)
-#  define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ';'
-# elif defined(VMS)
+/* To overcome an issue parsing paths in a DOS/Windows environment when
+   built in a unix based environment, override the PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR
+   definition unless being built for Cygwin. */
+#if defined(HAVE_DOS_PATHS) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+# undef PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR
+# define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ';'
+#elif !defined(PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR)
+# if defined (VMS)
  #  define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ','
  # else
  #  define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ':'

Chris