This patch is active only for MinGW32 targets. Whilst using absolute Windows paths (eg C:/) is the easiest way to configure and install for MinGW32, you don't really want hard coded drive letters in the binary. This patch strips off initial drive letters before GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT, GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT and GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT are sent as "-D" defines to the compiler to be hard coded.
There is a corresponding patch (see next e-mail) to NSUser.m which dynamically prepends the "system drive" drive letter to these paths at runtime if they are required. Note that if there are environment variables set for GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT etc at runtime, these hard coded paths and prepended drive letter are NOT consulted. Stephen Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Index: base/Source/GNUmakefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/gnustep/gnustep/core/base/Source/GNUmakefile,v retrieving revision 1.96 diff -r1.96 GNUmakefile 44a45,63 > > ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS), mingw32) > > GNUSTEP_TARGET_INSTALL_PREFIX := \ > $(shell echo $(GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT) | sed 's|^[a-zA-Z]:/|/|') > GNUSTEP_TARGET_LOCAL_ROOT := \ > $(shell echo $(GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT) | sed 's|^[a-zA-Z]:/|/|') > GNUSTEP_TARGET_NETWORK_ROOT := \ > $(shell echo $(GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT) | sed 's|^[a-zA-Z]:/|/|') > DEFS= -DGNUSTEP_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_INSTALL_PREFIX) \ > -DGNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT=$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_LOCAL_ROOT) \ > -DGNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT=$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_NETWORK_ROOT) \ > -DGNUSTEP_TARGET_DIR=\"$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_DIR)\" \ > -DGNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU=\"$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU)\" \ > -DGNUSTEP_TARGET_OS=\"$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS)\" \ > -DLIBRARY_COMBO=\"$(LIBRARY_COMBO)\" > > else > 52a72,73 > > endif
