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Posted to dev@stdcxx.apache.org by Andrew Black <ab...@roguewave.com> on 2006/11/01 01:06:46 UTC
Re: Windows infrastructure bug
Martin Sebor wrote:
> Andrew Black wrote:
>> Greetings Farid.
>>
>> I checked the provided test case again on my local installation, and
>> discovered that it does not replicate the issue.
>>
>> After further digging, I have found that the problem seems to have
>> been the use of the %G or %H variable in a for loop prior to invoking
>> devenv. This was worked around by using the SETLOCAL/ENDLOCAL
>> directives.
>>
>> As batch scripts alter their environment unless the SETLOCAL command
>> is used, I had been reducing my test case in an environment where
>> these variables were undesirably set.
>
> So is the original problem now resolved?
>
> Martin
Kinda.
The glue script now works (and making the variables local I believe to
be a positive change), but the observed issue of stray environment
variables throwing the sanity test script off probably should be looked
into at some point.
--Andrew Black