+2012-01-16 Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
+
+ * make.h (PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR): Allow resetting for crosscompiling
+ for Windows. Patch by Chris Sutcliffe <ir0nh34d@gmail.com>
+ Fixes Savannah bug #34818.
+
2012-01-15 Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
* variable.h: Prototype an interface for defining new make functions.
#define N_(msgid) gettext_noop (msgid)
#define S_(msg1,msg2,num) ngettext (msg1,msg2,num)
-/* Handle other OSs. */
-#ifndef PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR
-# if defined(HAVE_DOS_PATHS)
-# define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ';'
-# elif defined(VMS)
+/* Handle other OSs.
+ To overcome an issue parsing paths in a DOS/Windows environment when
+ built in a unix based environment, override the PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR
+ definition unless being built for Cygwin. */
+#if defined(HAVE_DOS_PATHS) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+# undef PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR
+# define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ';'
+#elif !defined(PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR)
+# if defined (VMS)
# define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ','
# else
# define PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR ':'