Re: [PATCH] cygwin/mingw: binary wrapper fails when invoked via $PATH

[Charles Wilson]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> Charles,
>
> These changes to ltmain.in seem pretty complex.  For Windows isn't it
> easier and more reliable to use the GetModuleFileName() function?
> This allows using a single line of code:
>
>   GetModuleFileName(0,path,PATHLENGTH);
>
> to obtain the full path to the binary wrapper.

Yes, that will work but...

Are mingw/cygwin going to be the only platforms that ever use a binary 
wrapper?  I know OUR reasons for using it are specific to the cygwin 
platform, but who knows whether other platforms may have some other 
reason to use a binary wrapper?  (sure, nobody else does NOW, but...)

In any case, I was trying to stick with portable code (".exe" issue 
notwithstanding), instead of restricting the binary wrappers to windows 
only, even though currently they ARE only used on windows.

And besides, $PATH walking is not really that complex.  Every shell does 
it -- and every kernel (execlp).

But that's just my opinion -- I'll go with whatever works.

--
Chuck