Prevent msys2 conversion of "cmd /c" switch to a file path
authorAndrew Dunstan
Mon, 9 Sep 2019 12:56:33 +0000 (08:56 -0400)
committerAndrew Dunstan
Mon, 9 Sep 2019 13:03:10 +0000 (09:03 -0400)
Modern versions of msys2 have changed the treatment of "cmd /c" so that
the runtime will try to convert the switch to a native file path. This
patch adds a setting to inhibit that behaviour.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3227042f-cfcc-745a-57dd-fb8c471f8ddf@2ndQuadrant.com

Backpatch to all live branches.

src/bin/pg_upgrade/test.sh

index dddba8c8568aab9f7b481d37f1fcbc0bae973bd6..0ce5c5d70c0b82f01c41dba721230dfbba3d4695 100644 (file)
@@ -240,8 +240,11 @@ pg_upgrade $PG_UPGRADE_OPTS -d "${PGDATA}.old" -D "${PGDATA}" -b "$oldbindir" -B
 
 pg_ctl start -l "$logdir/postmaster2.log" -o "$POSTMASTER_OPTS" -w
 
+# In the commands below we inhibit msys2 from converting the "/c" switch
+# in "cmd /c" to a file system path.
+
 case $testhost in
-   MINGW*) cmd /c analyze_new_cluster.bat ;;
+   MINGW*) MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL=/c cmd /c analyze_new_cluster.bat ;;
    *)      sh ./analyze_new_cluster.sh ;;
 esac
 
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ if [ -n "$pg_dumpall2_status" ]; then
 fi
 
 case $testhost in
-   MINGW*) cmd /c delete_old_cluster.bat ;;
+   MINGW*) MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL=/c cmd /c delete_old_cluster.bat ;;
    *)      sh ./delete_old_cluster.sh ;;
 esac