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authorDr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>2019-09-21 00:14:16 +0200
committerDr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>2019-10-13 17:23:37 +0200
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Configure: accept Windows style compiler options
Currently the Configure command only supports passing UNIX style options (`-opt`) to the compiler. Passing Windows style options (`/opt`) yields an error. Fortunately, the compiler accepts both types of options, nevertheless this commit fixes that discrimination of Windows users. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9961)
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@@ -641,10 +641,19 @@
Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
these flags interact with those variables.
- -xxx, +xxx
+ -xxx, +xxx, /xxx
Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
- passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
- consult your compiler documentation.
+ passed through as they are to the compiler as well.
+ Unix-style options beginning with a '-' or '+' and
+ Windows-style options beginning with a '/' are recognized.
+ Again, consult your compiler documentation.
+
+ If the option contains arguments separated by spaces,
+ then the URL-style notation %20 can be used for the space
+ character in order to avoid having to quote the option.
+ For example, -opt%20arg gets expanded to -opt arg.
+ In fact, any ASCII character can be encoded as %xx using its
+ hexadecimal encoding.
Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
these flags interact with those variables.