Re: [PATCH] gdb/testsuite: make MSYS path normalization case-insensitive

[Oleg Tolmatcev <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>]

вт, 4 авг. 2026 г. в 22:05, Oleg Tolmatcev <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>:
>
> When normalizing Unix-style paths for native MinGW hosts, compare
> MSYS mount prefixes case-insensitively.
>
> This avoids mis-normalizing paths like /C/... by failing to
> match the /c mount point and then falling back to the root
> mount instead.
> ---
>  gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
> index 6fb04869605..58f7c54cea0 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
> @@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ proc host_file_normalize_mingw {filename unix_to_win} {
>
>      foreach {unix_filename win_filename} $unix_to_win {
>         set mount_len [string length $unix_filename]
> -       if {[string equal -length $mount_len $unix_filename $filename]} {
> +       if {[string equal -nocase -length $mount_len $unix_filename $filename]} {
>             if {$unix_filename eq "/"} {
>                 if {$filename eq "/"} {
>                     return "$win_filename"
> --
> 2.55.0.windows.3
>

I am dropping this patch. The solution is not to use upper case for
the drive letter when
changing the directory. I can not reproduce it if I do that.

Oleg