[m-rev.] diff: fix string_format test problems under cygwin

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Tue Dec 3 15:41:48 AEDT 2002


On 02-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> Fix a problem with the tests on a text mount under cygwin.  For some
> unknown reason, the .sorted_out file produced contains ^M's when using
> mmake.  They don't occur when creating the output from the shell prompt.

If you are on a text-mode mount, then the output *should* contain ^M's,
shouldn't it?

Which version of "sort.exe" do you have in your PATH -- the Windows version
or the Cygwin version?  Maybe that is the problem.

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