[fpc-pascal] ExtractRelativePath() not always returning expected result

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017, James Richters wrote:

>> You must make sure directories are appended with /
>
> Thank you,  I just tried that and now  I get the expected results:  both / and \ work
>
> From "/pp/src/compiler/" to "/pp/bin/win32/ppc386/" via "..\..\bin\win32\ppc386\"
> From "/pp/bin/win32/ppc386/" to "/pp/src/compiler/" via "..\..\..\src\compiler\"
> From "e:/pp/bin/win32/ppc386/" to "d:/pp/src/compiler/" via "d:/pp/src/compiler/"
> From "e:\pp\bin\win32\ppc386/" to "d:\pp\src\compiler/" via "d:\pp\src\compiler/"
> From "C:\FPC\3.0.2\" to "C:\FPC\3.0.2\" via ""
> From "C:\FPC\3.0.2\" to "C:\FPC\3.0.4rc1\" via "..\3.0.4rc1\"
> From "Q:\" to "Q:\FPC\3.0.4rc1\" via "FPC\3.0.4rc1\"
>
> I guess the example program should have the trailing / in the examples to make it clear they are needed.  None of the sample test cases have trailing / or \

Can you please file a bugreport for that, so I will not forget it ?

>
> I am curious about this though: 
> From "/pp/src/compiler/" to "/pp/bin/win32/ppc386/" via "..\..\bin\win32\ppc386\" 
> Shouldn't the output use / since / was used in both the source and destination  not \ ?

The default for the OS is used; This is by design.

Michael.