Add a build option to turn MSVCRT globbing on or off

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index cd51e2b45..def0c2c32 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -610,6 +610,17 @@ config LFS
           cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger
           than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
 
+config NOGLOB
+        bool "Turn off MSVCRT argument processing"
+        default y
+        depends on PLATFORM_MINGW32
+        help
+          The Microsoft C Runtime handles the expansion of wildcards on the
+          command line while the BusyBox shell does its own wildcard expansion.
+          For best results when using the shell MSVCRT globbing should be
+          turned off. If you want the BusyBox binary to handle wildcard
+          expansion using the Microsoft C Runtime set this to 'N'.
+
 config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
         string "Cross Compiler prefix"
         default ""