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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net> on 2002/05/10 19:55:56 UTC
Re: FW: Apache 2.0.36 and xcopy on WinNT
Ahhh. Win95 and forward do support the /y flag. Since WinNT does not,
I'll revert the change that presumed our modern command.com/cmd.exe
based xcopy'ies all work.
Expect a fix in .37 - thanks for the report!
Bill
At 12:11 PM 5/10/2002, you wrote:
>Hello Sir,
>
>I sent this to dev@httpd.apache.org a couple days ago. I don't
>know whether there's just a slow turnaround, or whether it was
>deemed unworthy of posting? Anyway, I think it's worthy :-)
>
>I cannot seem to find a an xcopy.exe that works for the
>httpd-2.0.36 build on NT. I've tried several versions and they
>all have some problem. If I get one that works for libhttpd.dsp
>(i.e., supports /y) then it barfs elsewhere like not supporting
>/S or getting into an infinite loop in Makefile.win. Or if I try
>the one from my Win98 machine (that works on that platform) it
>won't run on NT (wrong DOS version it sez, or somesuch). I've
>also had colleagues try xcopy /y on other installs of NT (e.g.,
>with SP 6), none support /y. So I suspect this will give lots
>of people grief on NT.
>
>I haven't tried it, but maybe the same approach as used in
>Makefile.win will work?
>
> echo Y > .y
> del .\include\mpm.h
> copy .\server\mpm\winnt\mpm.h .\include\mpm.h < .y
> del .y
>
>Maybe not so pretty but at least it should be portable.
>
>Thanks for listening,
>
>-Roland
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mechler, Roland
>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 6:03 PM
>To: 'dev@httpd.apache.org'
>Subject: Apache 2.0.36 and xcopy on WinNT
>
>
>Hi, the xcopy.exe on my installation of NT 4.0 (Service Pack 4) does
>not support the /y switch, so the change in libhttpd.dsp broke the
>build for me. I could get a version that works, but IMHO it
>would be better to go back to the more portable way despite the
>'foo.h not found' messages.
>
>Cheers,
>
>-Roland
Re: FW: Apache 2.0.36 and xcopy on WinNT
Posted by Greg Marr <gr...@alum.wpi.edu>.
At 03:00 PM 05/10/2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>At 01:18 PM 5/10/2002, you wrote:
>>At 01:55 PM 05/10/2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>>>Ahhh. Win95 and forward do support the /y flag. Since WinNT does
>>>not, I'll revert the change that presumed our modern
>>>command.com/cmd.exe based xcopy'ies all work.
>>>
>>>Expect a fix in .37 - thanks for the report!
>>
>>You can put the /y switch in the COPYCMD environment
>>variable. WinNT's xcopy ignores this, but Win2K's will pick it up.
>
>Won't solve the problem. You have no idea how many 'Y's they must
>push, nor how that will break in-IDE builds :-) Will revert to the
>old <.y.
What do you mean by "how many 'Y's they must push"? I also don't see
how it can break in-IDE builds. We use it with in-IDE builds all the
time. If you're worried about it affecting other xcopy commands, set
the COPYCMD variable to /y, call xcopy, and then clear it again.
--
Greg Marr
gregm@alum.wpi.edu
"We thought you were dead."
"I was, but I'm better now." - Sheridan, "The Summoning"
Re: FW: Apache 2.0.36 and xcopy on WinNT
Posted by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>.
At 01:18 PM 5/10/2002, you wrote:
>At 01:55 PM 05/10/2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>>Ahhh. Win95 and forward do support the /y flag. Since WinNT does not,
>>I'll revert the change that presumed our modern command.com/cmd.exe based
>>xcopy'ies all work.
>>
>>Expect a fix in .37 - thanks for the report!
>
>You can put the /y switch in the COPYCMD environment variable. WinNT's
>xcopy ignores this, but Win2K's will pick it up.
Won't solve the problem. You have no idea how many 'Y's they must push,
nor how that will break in-IDE builds :-) Will revert to the old <.y.
Re: FW: Apache 2.0.36 and xcopy on WinNT
Posted by Greg Marr <gr...@alum.wpi.edu>.
At 01:55 PM 05/10/2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>Ahhh. Win95 and forward do support the /y flag. Since WinNT does
>not, I'll revert the change that presumed our modern
>command.com/cmd.exe based xcopy'ies all work.
>
>Expect a fix in .37 - thanks for the report!
You can put the /y switch in the COPYCMD environment
variable. WinNT's xcopy ignores this, but Win2K's will pick it up.
--
Greg Marr
gregm@alum.wpi.edu
"We thought you were dead."
"I was, but I'm better now." - Sheridan, "The Summoning"