[GROOVY-2979] Cannot launch Groovy on Windows with MSYS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Environment: Windows, MSYS
• Assignee: Dr. Russel Winder
• Reporter: Dr. Russel Winder
• Created: 29/Jul/08 11:38
• Updated: 23/Dec/08 05:58
• Resolved: 19/Dec/08 03:59

Description

MSYS (Minimal SYStem) uses UNIX format paths but because the JDK requires DOS format JAVA_HOME must be in DOS format. startGroovy does not amend JAVA_HOME for MSYS (it does for Cygwin) before issuing the exec. THis leads to error messages such as:

exec: /h/users/russel/Progs/OddsByLanguage/Gant/Test/C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06/bin/java: cannot execute: No such file or directory

MSYS does not provide an equivalent oif cygpath, and cygpath cannot be assumed.

Although marked as Minor, this is actually a blocking bug as it is impossible to run Groovy in this context/environment.