[sr #108558] libtool nm test does not really work for W32 versions of nm

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Follow-up Comment #4, sr #108558 (project libtool):

>> Well, in MSYS2 you can simply do:
>> nm -B /dev/thisfilebetternotexistotherwiseyoullbeintrouble
>> and get satisfactory results (file name and 'No such file'
>> in the output).


>> Can't say anything about MSYS1, haven't used it for some time.


> That would also work on MSYS1.

> However, I had an idea. Anyone against using
> "$tmp_nm" -B ///dev/null
> everywhere? "///foo" and "/foo" should be equivalent according to
> Posix. We should still check for "/dev/null" in the output,
> methinks... 

Neat! I like that.

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