[Rd] R CMD build with mingw and msys (PR#9766)

[sneumann at pubhealth.ku.dk]

Full_Name: Steffen
Version: 2-5-0
OS: Windows
Submission from: (NULL) (192.124.243.162)


Hi,

the R CMD build script is using 

    if($WINDOWS) {
        ## workaround for paths in Cygwin tar
        $filepath =~ s+^([A-Za-z]):+/cygdrive/\1+;
    }

which does not work if the build environment is a MINGW.
I have added the patch below, 

Yours,
Steffen

$ diff -u build build.orig 
--- build       Fri Jun 29 13:50:16 2007
+++ build.orig  Fri Jun 29 08:51:48 2007
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 R::Vars::error("R_HOME", "R_EXE");
 
 my $WINDOWS = ($R::Vars::OSTYPE eq "windows");
-my $MSYS = ( $ENV{OSTYPE} eq "msys" ); 
 
 my @exclude_patterns = R::Utils::get_exclude_patterns();
 
@@ -222,14 +221,10 @@
     my $filepath = &file_path($startdir, $filename);
     ## under Windows, need separate Cygwin and Windows versions of path.
     my $origfilepath = $filepath;
-    if ($MSYS) {
-               ## different workwaround for MSYS
-               $filepath =~ s+^([A-Za-z]):+/\1/+;
-    } elsif ($WINDOWS) {
-               ## workaround for paths in Cygwin tar
-               $filepath =~ s+^([A-Za-z]):+/cygdrive/\1+;
+    if($WINDOWS) {
+       ## workaround for paths in Cygwin tar
+       $filepath =~ s+^([A-Za-z]):+/cygdrive/\1+;
     }
-       
     R_system(join(" ",
                  ("$tar chf",
                   &shell_quote_file_path($filepath),