Re: perl -i nonfunctional on MinGW

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Bonsoir Alexandre,

* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 09:20:09PM CEST:
> >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>  RW> Welcome back Alexandre!
> 
> Thanks, how did you know? :)

Such a special date today...

>  RW> On MinGW, this happens:
>  >> + /bin/perl -pi -e 's/#: //' configure.in
>  >> Can't do inplace edit on configure.in: Permission denied.
> 
> No kidding !

Nope.

>  RW> So here's a patch to replace all "perl -i" with "sed && mv".
>  RW> After finishing the patch it dawned on me that "perl -i~" may be
>  RW> working, and indeed, testing shows that that works.
> 
>  RW> OK to apply this patch still, or should I redo with "perl -i~"?
> 
> Who cares? Go, go!

Merci bien.

Cheers,
Ralf