Bug #2384: mkmf find_executable doesn't find batch files in doze

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-09-26 trunk 25103) [i386-mingw32]

[rogerdpack (Roger Pack)]

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find_executable('gcc') fails even if gcc.bat is present in the path.
Thanks!
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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Category set to lib
• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)

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[luislavena (Luis Lavena)]

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Roger,

You should explain that "gcc.bat" is a wrapper used by RubyInstaller DevKit to avoid polluting the PATH with all MSYS/MinGW binaries.

Any executable (.bat, .com, .exe) should be considered executable my mkmf.

Cheers.
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[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

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This issue was solved with changeset r25964.
Roger, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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[rogerdpack (Roger Pack)]

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Thank you this also allows
Process.spawn 'file.bat'
to work. Sweet.
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