GNU bug report logs - #6674
PATCH: fix assignment of grep-find-use-xargs on Windows/MS-DOS

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Message #47 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christoph <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>,
	Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#6674: PATCH: fix assignment of grep-find-use-xargs on Windows
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:44:55 -0600

On 7/20/2010 5:18 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote:

> rgrep is broken on Windows.

rgrep works fine on Windows with the cygwin port of find (see bug 
#6665). I did however, run into the issue this patch is describing, too 
using the GnuWin32 port.

> Although it is obvious that a general fix
> for the shell issue is the most correct resolution for this bug, I
> propose to apply the patch below and revert it once cmdproxy.c is
> enhanced for dealing with the problem.

If nobody else is already working on it, I'd want to give it a try to 
fix this. Either by enhancing cmdproxy or implementing Eli's batch file 
solution.

Christoph

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