[vlc-devel] [PATCH v2 03/10] configure: detect how to transform windows pathes

[Steve Lhomme]

winepath, wslpath and cygpath have a compatible syntax (at least -w and -u).

They should be used depending on what is available in the build environment
rather than hardcoding "wine winepath".
---
 configure.ac | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf54d22bee63..f2b8a2e6f82e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -646,6 +646,8 @@ dnl Check for broken versions of mingw-runtime compatability library
 ])
 
 
+PATH_TO_HOST_CMD=echo
+HOST_TO_BUILD_CMD=echo
 AS_IF([test "${SYS}" = "mingw32"], [
     dnl
     dnl Detect if we can call windows apps
@@ -668,6 +670,26 @@ AS_IF([test "${SYS}" = "mingw32"], [
     ],[
       AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
     ])
+
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether how to handle windows pathes])
+    win32_path_cmd=no
+    for win_path in "wslpath" "wine winepath" "cygpath"
+    do
+      ac_try="$win_path -u c:\\"
+      (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+      ac_status=$?
+      if test $ac_status = 0; then
+        win32_path_cmd=$win_path
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    AS_IF([test "x${win32_path_cmd}" != "xno"],[
+      HOST_TO_BUILD_CMD="${win32_path_cmd} -u"
+      PATH_TO_HOST_CMD="${win32_path_cmd} -w"
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([using '${win32_path_cmd}'])
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
+    ])
 ])
 
 dnl
@@ -1333,6 +1355,8 @@ case "${host_cpu}" in
 esac
 
 AC_SUBST([RUN_HOST_CMD])
+AC_SUBST([PATH_TO_HOST_CMD])
+AC_SUBST([HOST_TO_BUILD_CMD])
 
 dnl Check for backtrace() support
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([execinfo.h])
-- 
2.26.2