[Mono-bugs] [Bug 38936][Nor] New - mcs.bat removes ; from arguments

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Changed by gert.driesen@pandora.be.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=38936

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+Bug#: 38936
+Product: Mono/MCS
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: Windows 2000
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: Misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: gert.driesen@pandora.be               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: mcs.bat removes ; from arguments
+
+On Windows, the Windows setup package creates a mcs.bat in the windows 
+root directory.  This batch file makes sure that Mcs is using the Mono 
+runtime for linking assemblies.
+
+However, when you pass parameters to the mcs.bat file with ; in it, the ; 
+is removed from the arguments.
+
+which, for example, causes probems when you want to specify multiple 
+defines.
+
+for example :
+
+mcs.bat -target:exe -out:test.exe -define:DEBUG;TRACE -recurse:*.cs
+
+causes the following error :
+
+error CS2001: Source file 'TRACE' could not be opened
+
+this is because the mcs.bat file removed the ; between DEBUG and TRACE, 
+and this causes the compiler to see TRACE as the name of a source file.
+
+I would expect the batch file to retain the ; characters in arguments.
+
+Thanks