Hi Alan,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca]
>
> I think I have found a good bash shell method of automatically detecting any
> windows platform (using the "exe" suffix that occurs for the bash
> fullpathname on all
> Windows platforms). So there is no need for the user to specify whether
> Windows
> PATH manipulation is needed or not and therefore no need to implement the
> above -
> -manipulate_PATH option for the script.
>
> As of commit id 13a3baa, I have changed the script to implement the automatic
> Windows platform detection described above. That means path manipulations
> will
> automatically occur on all Windows platforms within the script and there is
> no longer
> any need to use brute-force PATH changes before running the script on Cygwin
> (or
> any other Windows platform).
>
> Could you let me know if the fix works (i.e., by running the script with no
> special
> brute-force PATH manipulations beforehand). This might also be a good
> opportunity
> for you to permanently remove some of the constraints on your prior successful
> Cygwin test. For example, note
> (E) on your current test report at
> <https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/wiki/Testing_PLplot/#Testing%20Reports>
> implies if you install swig on your Cygwin platform, the Java, Python,
> Octave, and
> Lua components of PLplot will be included in your comprehensive testing
> (assuming
> you have the development versions of those software packages already
> installed).
>
I saw your commit. If this indeed works, that would be great. While I just keep
around all manner of scripts and batchfiles to take care of these PATH
manipulations, it is a nuisance and makes testing a more tedious job than it
should be.
I will try it asap and let you know the results.
Regards,
Arjen
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