[svn-r26029] Updated the comment on the Cygwin 'srcdir= and time' test to indicate

that it's still an issue with recent versions of Cygwin.

Fixes HDFFV-9082

Tested on: jam (bin/reconfigure only - just a comment change)

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0b9e8c4..a035b9c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7917,6 +7917,11 @@ fi
 ## Check that time can be used with srcdir.  This is okay on most systems,
 ## but seems to cause problems on Cygwin.
 ## The solution on Cygwin is not to record execution time for tests.
+##
+## Note: This is still true as of Cygwin 1.7.32 (Aug 2014) on both 32-
+## and 64-bit platforms. Given how long this has been true, it seems
+## unlikely to change, but we should probably re-test this periodically.
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if srcdir= and time commands work together" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking if srcdir= and time commands work together... " >&6; }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c2c263f..d7804a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -763,6 +763,11 @@ fi
 ## Check that time can be used with srcdir.  This is okay on most systems,
 ## but seems to cause problems on Cygwin.
 ## The solution on Cygwin is not to record execution time for tests.
+##
+## Note: This is still true as of Cygwin 1.7.32 (Aug 2014) on both 32-
+## and 64-bit platforms. Given how long this has been true, it seems
+## unlikely to change, but we should probably re-test this periodically.
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if srcdir= and time commands work together])
 
 AC_SUBST([TIME])