bug#6674: PATCH: fix assignment of grep-find-use-xargs on Windows

[Óscar Fuentes]

rgrep is broken on Windows. 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.

Otherwise, a workaround is to add

(setq grep-find-use-xargs 'exec)

to the user's .emacs file.


2010-07-21  Óscar Fuentes  <ofv@wanadoo.es>

        * progmodes/grep.el (grep-compute-defaults): always assign
        'exec to grep-find-use-xargs on Windows.

=== modified file 'lisp/progmodes/grep.el'
*** lisp/progmodes/grep.el      2010-01-31 21:47:47 +0000
--- lisp/progmodes/grep.el      2010-07-20 23:04:56 +0000
*************** Set up `compilation-exit-message-functio
*** 552,557 ****
--- 552,561 ----
        (unless grep-find-use-xargs
          (setq grep-find-use-xargs
                (cond
+                ;; Windows' shell has problems with long commands and
+                ;; pipes. See bug #6674.
+                ((eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+                 'exec)
                 ((and
                   (grep-probe find-program `(nil nil nil ,null-device 
"-print0"))
                   (grep-probe xargs-program `(nil nil nil "-0" "-e" "echo")))