Re: [ANNOUNCE] ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.52

"Jerry D. Hedden" <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:12:13 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.authors,gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.extutils-makemaker.devel,gmane.comp.lang.perl.perl5.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Michael G Schwern wrote:
> This is a release of ExtUtils::MakeMaker, the thing that runs your
> Makefile.PL.
>    Bug Fixes
>    * maybe_command() will recognize Windows executables in
>      /cygdrive on Cygwin [rt.cpan.org 16375] (PJF)

The implemented tests don't work if the drive prefix
(cygdrive) is changed by the user (like I do :).  I have
submitted a bug report on this along with a patch (also
attached here).  Thanks.

Bug report:
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46585
cygwin.patch (application/octet-stream, 1.6 KB) 
# https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46585

--- ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.52/t/MM_Cygwin.t.orig	2009-06-01 10:51:51.057360300 -0400
+++ ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.52/t/MM_Cygwin.t	2009-06-01 10:59:04.438438300 -0400
@@ -104,30 +104,29 @@
 SKIP: {
     my $comspec = $ENV{COMSPEC};
 
-    skip("\$ENV{COMSPEC} does not exist", 3) unless $comspec;
+    skip("\$ENV{COMSPEC} does not exist", 1) unless $comspec;
 
-    # Convert into cygwin-flavoured '/cygdrive/c/...' path.
-    # Is there a better way than direct munging?  A File::*
-    # module perhaps?
+    $comspec = Cygwin::win_to_posix_path($comspec);
 
-    $comspec =~ s{^(\w):}  {/cygdrive/\l$1}x;
-    $comspec =~ s{\\    }  {/}gx;
+    ok(MM->maybe_command($comspec),
+       qq{'$comspec' should be executable"}
+    );
+}
 
-    ok(MM->maybe_command($comspec),"$comspec should be executable");
+# 'C:/' should *never* be executable, it's a directory.
 
-    # /cygdrive/c should *never* be executable, it's a directory. 
+my $cdrive = Cygwin::win_to_posix_path("C:/");
 
-    ok(! MM->maybe_command(q{/cygdrive/c}), 
-       qq{/cygdrive/c should never be executable}
-    );
+ok(! MM->maybe_command($cdrive),
+   qq{'$cdrive' should never be executable}
+);
 
-    # Our copy of Perl (with a unix-path) should always be executable.
+# Our copy of Perl (with a unix-path) should always be executable.
 
-    ok(MM->maybe_command($Config{perlpath}),
-       qq{$Config{perlpath} should be executable}
-    );
+ok(MM->maybe_command($Config{perlpath}),
+   qq{'$Config{perlpath}' should be executable}
+);
 
-}
 
 package FakeOut;