libtool with mingw hangs building openocd in func_convert_core_msys_to_w32

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-06-25 14:46, Dietmar May via Cygwin wrote:
> The build completes successfully by replacing the "cmd /c | sed" 
> construct with simply:
> 
> func_convert_core_msys_to_w32_result=$1
> 
> so no path translation takes place.
> 
> The function then becomes:
> 
> func_convert_core_msys_to_w32 ()
> {
>    $debug_cmd
> 
> func_convert_core_msys_to_w32_result=$1
> 
> }

>> SUMMARY
>>
>> func_convert_core_msys_to_w32 in
>>
>> /usr/share/libtool/build-aux/ltmain.sh
>>
>> has an extraneous '/' in the call to
>>
>> ( cmd //c echo "$1" )
>>
>> causing make to hang indefinitely
>>
>> when configured with
>>
>> --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32

Which you don't need to change if you configure properly, as JonY 
replied on the list to your earlier post:

On 2021-06-25 09:27, Jonathan Yong via Cygwin wrote:
  >
  > Don't set --build, you are building on Cygwin, not MSYS.

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