Merge from mh-e; up to 2012-01-03T19:41:14Z!larsi@gnus.org.

[bpt/emacs.git] / nt / gmake.defs

diff --git a/nt/gmake.defs b/nt/gmake.defs
index 935b253..b4c76cf 100644 (file)
--- a/nt/gmake.defs
+++ b/nt/gmake.defs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #  -*- Makefile -*- definition file for building GNU Emacs on Windows NT.
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -69,10 +69,18 @@ sh_output := $(shell echo)
 ifeq "$(findstring ECHO, $(sh_output))" "ECHO"
 THE_SHELL = $(COMSPEC)$(ComSpec)
 SHELLTYPE=CMD
+SWITCHCHAR=/
 else
 USING_SH = 1
 THE_SHELL = $(SHELL)
 SHELLTYPE=SH
+# MSYS needs to double the slash in cmd-style switches to avoid
+# interpreting /x as a Posix style file name reference
+ifneq ($(MSYSTEM),)
+SWITCHCHAR=//
+else
+SWITCHCHAR=/
+endif
 endif
 
 MAKETYPE=gmake