Running make inside the msys shell, I get:
/c/misc/mingw/bin
c:/misc/mingw/bin
/c/misc/mingw/bin
running inside a plain DOS command window, I get:
/mingw/bin
c:/misc/mingw/bin
/mingw/bin
Msys/mingw have these funny 'system' mounts. However it looks like that
/pwd -W/ gives the most sensible output in both cases. Must be why it's
there.
Richard
> Richard Evans wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why the makefiles need the current directory. pwd -W is
>> specific to mingw, I think it gives the directory in windows format. It
>> has to be changed for cross compilation otherwise you get errors.
>>
>
> What does $(CURDIR) resolve to on mingw? Try the following makefile:
>
> default:
> @echo $(shell pwd)
> @echo $(shell pwd -W)
> @echo $(CURDIR)
>
>