Re: [PATCH] issue #787: Wildcards not expanded in filename arguments on Windows.

Martin Hauner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> here is a small patch for #787, so the * wilcard works without cygwin.
>
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> Fix issue #787: Wildcards not expanded in filename arguments on Windows.
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> * build/generator/gen_win.py
> (get_win_libs): added support of * wildcard expansion on Windows by
> adding setargv.obj as linker input for the svn command line client.

I disagree with this change. The problem is that globbing can't be
turned off now. On Unix, the shell does the globbing, and correct
quoting will turn it off.

We need a better solution that will be useful on both Unix and Windows.

-- 
Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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