| ## The external_project module uses the cygpath command to convert paths |
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| In previous versions, the external_project module on Windows used a Windows-style path (e.g., `C:/path/to/configure`) to execute the configure file, and a relative path from the drive root (e.g., `/path/to/prefix`) as the installation prefix. |
| However, since configure scripts are typically intended to be run in a POSIX-like environment (MSYS2, Cygwin, or GitBash), these paths were incompatible with some configure scripts. |
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| The external_project module now uses the `cygpath` command to convert the configure command path and prefix to Unix-style paths (e.g., `/c/path/to/configure` for MSYS2 and `/cygdrive/c/path/to/configure` for Cygwin). |
| If the `cygpath` command is not found in the PATH, it will fall back to the previous behavior. |
