David, Can you go ahead and add the Bugzilla record for this? That way it won't slip through the cracks. I'll look at this one tonight, if I can?
Thanks Conor -- Conor MacNeill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cortex eBusiness http://www.cortexebusiness.com.au > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2001 10:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] java task doesn't correctly handle changing drives > under Windows > > > Should I have assigned a Bugzilla to the problem first? > > d > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:16:45 -0500, Bill Burton wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Could one of the committers please pick up this patch? It should really > >go into 1.3. I worked out a similar fix just before code freeze but this > >patch is simpler than mine for the Win 9x part of the fix. > > > >Thanks, > >-Bill Burton > > > >David Rees wrote: > >> > >> <This is a resend. I originally accidently sent it as a reply to > >> completely different thread so it may have been missed.> > >> > >> Two patches attached. > >> > >> Combined they correct Execute (and hence the java task and perhaps > >> others) when the execute directory's drive is different than the > >> current directory's drive. Pre-patch the drive change doesn't happen > >> so the execute runs in a current directory. The first patch fixes it > >> for NT/2K and the second one fixes it (via a BAT file change) for > >> 9X/ME. > >> > >> As an example, if your current directory is c:\build and your run > >> directory is d:\run, previously only a "cd d:\run" was performed and > >> the active drive was not changed (because of the Windows directory per > >> drive "feature"). Therefore the execute actually still runs in > >> c:\build. The patches cause the needed active drive change as well. > >> > >> dave > >> > >> PS, May need additional testing on all the Win9X/ME variations. I > >> don't have all them available to run the tests. > >> > >> PS II, I assume I don't need to raise a bug if I just supply the patch > >> - right? > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
