>>> there is a syntax problem in file ms/do_win64a.bat
>>> "NUL:" must be "NUL"
>>>
>>> possible patch:
>>> --- temp/orig/openssl-1.0.1e/ms/do_win64a.bat    2013-02-11
>>> 16:26:04.000000000 +0100
>>> +++ temp/current/openssl-1.0.1e/ms/do_win64a.bat    2014-01-31
>>> 09:13:20.861517000 +0100
>>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>>>    perl util\mkfiles.pl >MINFO
>>>
>>> -cmd /c "nasm -f win64 -v" >NUL: 2>&1
>>> +cmd /c "nasm -f win64 -v" >NUL 2>&1
>>>    if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto ml64
>>>
>>>    perl ms\uplink-x86_64.pl nasm > ms\uptable.asm
>> I can't reproduce the problem in sense that I can't confirm that
>> do_win64a.bat creates NUL file. Arguably it might be appropriate to
>> remove :, but as far as I can see mostly for aesthetic reasons.
> I have this problem on Windows 7 (not on Windows XP) and It causes 
> problems to the file explorer.
> I can't remove/rename the source tree because Windows does not like NUL 
> files (it can't remove a file named 'NUL')

I do understand implications, I just fail to confirm that it actually 
occurs. Yes, on Windows 7. But sure, as already mentioned, it's not 
inappropriate to fix...


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