diff -r 36e4aedd5663 -r 41981a23aff8 test/configure
--- a/test/configure	Mon Sep 23 22:52:48 2024 +0200
+++ b/test/configure	Tue Sep 24 21:49:50 2024 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,117 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+
+# some utility functions
+isplatform()
+{
+    for p in $PLATFORM
+    do
+        if [ "$p" = "$1" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+notisplatform()
+{
+    for p in $PLATFORM
+    do
+        if [ "$p" = "$1" ]; then
+            return 1
+        fi
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+istoolchain()
+{
+    for t in $TOOLCHAIN
+    do
+        if [ "$t" = "$1" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+notistoolchain()
+{
+    for t in $TOOLCHAIN
+    do
+        if [ "$t" = "$1" ]; then
+            return 1
+        fi
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+
+# clean abort
+abort_configure()
+{
+    rm -Rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Test for availability of pkg-config
+PKG_CONFIG=`command -v pkg-config`
+: ${PKG_CONFIG:="false"}
+
+# Simple uname based platform detection
+# $PLATFORM is used for platform dependent dependency selection
+OS=`uname -s`
+OS_VERSION=`uname -r`
+printf "detect platform... "
+if [ "$OS" = "SunOS" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="solaris sunos unix svr4"
+elif [ "$OS" = "Linux" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="linux unix"
+elif [ "$OS" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="freebsd bsd unix"
+elif [ "$OS" = "OpenBSD" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="openbsd bsd unix"
+elif [ "$OS" = "NetBSD" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="netbsd bsd unix"
+elif [ "$OS" = "Darwin" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="macos osx bsd unix"
+elif echo "$OS" | grep -i "MINGW" > /dev/null; then
+    PLATFORM="windows mingw"
+fi
+: ${PLATFORM:="unix"}
+
+PLATFORM_NAME=`echo "$PLATFORM" | cut -f1 -d' ' -`
+echo "$PLATFORM_NAME"
+
+
+# help text
+printhelp()
+{
+    echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]..."
+    cat << __EOF__
+Installation directories:
+  --prefix=PREFIX         path prefix for architecture-independent files
+                          [$prefix]
+  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   path prefix for architecture-dependent files
+                          [PREFIX]
+
+  --bindir=DIR            user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
+  --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
+  --libexecdir=DIR        program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
+  --sysconfdir=DIR        system configuration files [PREFIX/etc]
+  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
+  --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
+  --runstatedir=DIR       run-time variable data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
+  --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
+  --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
+  --datarootdir=DIR       read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
+  --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
+  --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
+  --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
+  --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
+
+Optional Features:
+  --disable-pg
+
+__EOF__
+}
+
 # create temporary directory
 TEMP_DIR=".tmp-`uname -n`"
 rm -Rf "$TEMP_DIR"
@@ -33,52 +145,25 @@
 mandir=
 
 # custom variables
-HOST=`uname -n`
-prefix="`pwd`/work"
-install_dir="$prefix"
+if true \
+      && notisplatform "mingw" \
+      ; then
+    prefix="`pwd`/work"
+fi
+if true \
+    && isplatform "mingw" \
+      ; then
+    prefix="`pwd -W`/work"
+fi
+if true \
+      ; then
+    HOST=`uname -n`
+    install_dir="$prefix"
+fi
 
 # features
 FEATURE_PG=auto
 
-# clean abort
-abort_configure()
-{
-    rm -Rf "$TEMP_DIR"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# help text
-printhelp()
-{
-    echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]..."
-    cat << __EOF__
-Installation directories:
-  --prefix=PREFIX         path prefix for architecture-independent files
-                          [$prefix]
-  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   path prefix for architecture-dependent files
-                          [PREFIX]
-
-  --bindir=DIR            user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
-  --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
-  --libexecdir=DIR        program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
-  --sysconfdir=DIR        system configuration files [PREFIX/etc]
-  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
-  --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
-  --runstatedir=DIR       run-time variable data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
-  --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
-  --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
-  --datarootdir=DIR       read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
-  --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
-  --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
-  --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
-  --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
-
-Optional Features:
-  --disable-pg
-
-__EOF__
-}
-
 #
 # parse arguments
 #
@@ -147,76 +232,6 @@
     echo ok
 fi
 
-# Test for availability of pkg-config
-PKG_CONFIG=`command -v pkg-config`
-: ${PKG_CONFIG:="false"}
-
-# Simple uname based platform detection
-# $PLATFORM is used for platform dependent dependency selection
-OS=`uname -s`
-OS_VERSION=`uname -r`
-printf "detect platform... "
-if [ "$OS" = "SunOS" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="solaris sunos unix svr4"
-elif [ "$OS" = "Linux" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="linux unix"
-elif [ "$OS" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="freebsd bsd unix"
-elif [ "$OS" = "OpenBSD" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="openbsd bsd unix"
-elif [ "$OS" = "NetBSD" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="netbsd bsd unix"
-elif [ "$OS" = "Darwin" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="macos osx bsd unix"
-elif echo "$OS" | grep -i "MINGW" > /dev/null; then
-    PLATFORM="windows mingw"
-fi
-: ${PLATFORM:="unix"}
-
-PLATFORM_NAME=`echo "$PLATFORM" | cut -f1 -d' ' -`
-echo "$PLATFORM_NAME"
-
-isplatform()
-{
-    for p in $PLATFORM
-    do
-        if [ "$p" = "$1" ]; then
-            return 0
-        fi
-    done
-    return 1
-}
-notisplatform()
-{
-    for p in $PLATFORM
-    do
-        if [ "$p" = "$1" ]; then
-            return 1
-        fi
-    done
-    return 0
-}
-istoolchain()
-{
-    for t in $TOOLCHAIN
-    do
-        if [ "$t" = "$1" ]; then
-            return 0
-        fi
-    done
-    return 1
-}
-notistoolchain()
-{
-    for t in $TOOLCHAIN
-    do
-        if [ "$t" = "$1" ]; then
-            return 1
-        fi
-    done
-    return 0
-}
-
 
 # generate vars.mk
 cat > "$TEMP_DIR/vars.mk" << __EOF__
@@ -236,9 +251,6 @@
 infodir=$infodir
 mandir=$mandir
 localedir=$localedir
-HOST=$HOST
-prefix=$prefix
-install_dir=$install_dir
 __EOF__
 
 # toolchain detection utilities