Transform \ path into / to please xapian configure.

kiwixbuild/utils.py

@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ def extract_archive(archive_path, dest_dir, topdir=None, name=None):
         if archive is not None:
             archive.close()
 
+def transform_path(path):
+    if path.startswith('C:'):
+        path = "/c" + path[2:].replace("\\", "/")
+    return path
 
 def run_command(command, cwd, context, *, env=None, input=None, shell=False):
     os.makedirs(cwd, exist_ok=True)
@@ -285,7 +289,8 @@ def run_command(command, cwd, context, *, env=None, input=None, shell=False):
         if not option('verbose'):
             log = open(context.log_file, 'w')
         if shell:
-            command = shlex.join(command)
+            commands = (transform_path(p) for p in command)
+            command = shlex.join(commands)
         print("run command '{}'".format(command), file=log)
         print("current directory is '{}'".format(cwd), file=log)
         print("env is :", file=log)