GNU bug report logs - #75939
bug in compile wrapper when using MSVC from Msys2

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Reported by: Kirill Makurin <maiddaisuki <at> outlook.com>

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Andrew W. Nosenko" <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: maiddaisuki <at> outlook.com, 75939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75939: bug in compile wrapper when using MSVC from Msys2
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:49:15 +0100
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What if user set this variable for some reasons like additional extra
flags? So, it need to add flags to variable, not override it completely, at
least.

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 00:53, Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org> wrote:

> Hi Kirill - thanks for the report and proposed fix.
>
>     export MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='-Tp'
>
> Setting an environment variable seems fairly safe, since if an older
> version of the compiler doesn't pay attention to it, at least the
> problem will not become worse.
>
> However, I'd like to hear from others who use msys, cl, Windows, etc.
> (Since I don't), as to whether setting this in the compile script would
> cause any problems. Anyone? --thanks, karl.
>
>
>
>
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