[project @ 2001-12-06 13:05:03 by sewardj]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / configure.in

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0eda0d3..44451a7 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ hardtop=`echo $hardtop | sed 's|^/tmp_mnt.*\(/local/.*\)$|\1|' | sed 's|^/tmp_mn
 
 echo ''
 echo "*** The top of your build tree is: $hardtop"
-AC_SUBST(hardtop)
-
+# subst of hardtop is done below after we've computed hardtop_plat.
 
 dnl--------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl * Choose host(/target/build) platform
@@ -339,18 +338,18 @@ AC_SUBST(exeext)
 
 #
 # The native format for 'hardtop' (i.e., right kind of slashes on a Win32 box).
-#
+# (but with b-slashes being escaped).
 case $HostPlatform in
-  i386-unknown-mingw32)
-       hardtop_plat=`cygpath -w ${hardtop}`
-       ;;
-  i386-unknown-cygwin32)
-       hardtop_plat=`cygpath -w ${hardtop}`
+  i386-unknown-mingw32 | i386-unknown-cygwin32)
+       # get rid off /cygdrive/ prefix
+       hardtop=`echo ${hardtop} | sed -e 's%^/cygdrive/\(.\)/%\1:/%' `
+       hardtop_plat=`cygpath -w ${hardtop} | sed -e 's@\\\\@\\\\\\\\@g' `
        ;;
   *)
        hardtop_plat=${hardtop}
        ;;
 esac
+AC_SUBST(hardtop)
 AC_SUBST(hardtop_plat)
 
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------