Re: MinGW & Xsed

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Bob!

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> Under MinGW, Xsed is defined:
>
> Xsed="$SED -e s/^X//"

What are file, ECHO and SED set to for you?

> but this code is using it like:
>
>
>         # If the file is missing, and there is a .exe on the end, strip it
>         # because it is most likely a libtool script we actually want to
>         # install
>         stripped_ext=""
>         case $file in
>           *.exe)
>             if test ! -f "$file"; then
>               file=`$ECHO "X$file"| $Xsed -e 's,.exe$,,'`
>               stripped_ext=".exe"
>             fi
>             ;;
>         esac
>
> This seems to cause libtool to hang.

Does it also hang from the command line?

What about echo foo.exe | sed -e 's,\.exe$,,'?
Or echo Xfoo.exe | sed -e 's/^X//;s,\.exe$,,'?
Or other combinations getting gradually closer to the expansion of the 
actual code in ltmain.sh?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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