[tex-live] xindy doesn't work on windows
Akira Kakuto
kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Fri Aug 24 15:02:49 CEST 2012
Dear Ulrike,
I propose the following simple fix, since the short-name problem
seems difficult:
--- texmf/scripts/xindy/xindy.pl Wed Aug 22 08:25:34 2012
+++ xindy.pl Fri Aug 24 21:42:55 2012
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@
# FIXME: In standalone installations, modules are still placed in lib
# directory. This is not conformant to FHS.
+if ( $is_w32 ) {
+use Env qw(TMPDIR);
+Env::import();
+$TMPDIR=".";
+}
+
if ( $is_TL ) { # TeX Live
$modules_dir = Cwd::realpath("$cmd_dir/../../xindy/modules");
Namely we create temporary files in the current directory in xindy
on Windows.
Thanks,
Akira
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