Hi Torsten,

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:

> On 01/12/2016 08:57 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > +static struct test_data basename_data[] = {
> > +	/* --- POSIX type paths --- */
> > +	{ NULL,              "."    },
> > +	{ "",                "."    },
> > +	{ ".",               "."    },
> > +	{ "..",              ".."   },
> > +	{ "/",               "/"    },
> > +#if defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(NO_LIBGEN_H)
> Why the !defined(NO_LIBGEN_H)
> 
> Shouldn't CYGWIN always behave the same ?

One would assume... Alas, it does not.

I inherited the code in question and wondered the same. I opted for
keeping the code as a documentation of the differing behavior.

> The main problem is, that t0060 fails under Mac OS (with mac ports
> installed):
> expecting success: test-path-utils dirname
> error: FAIL: dirname(//) => '/' != '//'

See the patch I sent this morning.

Ciao,
Dscho