Re: [sr #110448] AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS fails with Windows paths

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:11 PM pluto--- via Bug reports for autoconf
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [Even after registering and logging in, I could not figure out how
>  to post a comment to this SR on savannah.  If there's an entry in
>  the FAQ or the cookbook, it's not easily found.]

For future reference, as a logged-in user, clicking on the large
*text* reading "Post a Comment" should reveal a comment form.  You may
need to have JavaScript enabled.  I'm not a fan of this interface
either and it's on my todo list to switch the project over to the
FSF's debbugs instance, but I don't know when I'm going to have time
to do that (probably not before the end of CMU's spring term).

> > This commit changed the way the auxiliary dirs are managed. They
> > were put in a space separated list and now they are put in a
> > $PATH_SEPARATOR separated list.
> ...
> > But $PATH_SEPARATOR=":"
>
> Intuitively, I would expect PATH_SEPARATOR to be ";" on Windows
> (unless you're using CygWin).

Indeed.  And if you are using Cygwin, shouldn't you be using
/cygdrive/c/... instead of c:\... ?  (or however it's spelled, it's
been a very long time since I used Cygwin)

zw