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Re: RFA: Fix problem with trailing slashes in include paths on mingw

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 08:48:00AM -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>#ifdef HAVE_DOS_BASED_FILE_SYSTEM
>/* Canonicalize all path separators to forward slashes.  */
>
>// backward-to-forward slash converter here
>
>/* When running under MS Windows 2000 or XP, Cygwin's stat() fails
>   when the pathname has trailing slashes (either variety), except
>   for drive root directories (X:/).  Removing those slashes is
>   harmless in other contexts, so we do it unconditionally.  */
>
>// trailing-slash stripper here
>#endif

How did Cygwin enter into this?  The patch says "mingw".  Cygwin's stat
doesn't care if there are trailing slashes.  If it did that would be
a Cygwin bug.

cgf
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