Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/03/25/23:12:09
At 10:48 PM 3/25/00, Chris Faylor wrote:
>On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 10:40:13PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> >Looks to me like your big problem is the install program which assumes the
> >UNIX convention of executables without extensions (.exe). It looks for
> >remind and not remind.exe, which is what exists.
>
>I wonder if it would really be a big deal if cygwin, by default, found a
>file "foo.exe" if there was no existing file "foo".
>
>We keep running into this problem and I wonder if implementing this in
>cygwin would solve more problems than it causes.
>
>cgf
Its been a while but isn't there already something in there that does the
reverse for executables in general? I should go looking. My guess is what
I'm remembering is a related but different topic.
But I agree with you. This is a common "problem" of the configure/make/
install sequence of GNU packages on Cygwin and, although its not a big deal
to work with once you understand it, it does generate list traffic regularly.
I guess I'm wondering why the alternate install script solution that has been
"floated" in the past is not something Cygwin uses now. I admit I never
looked that closely at it. If it does the right job, the thing that I
think is good about it is that it targets the problem in the context of
installs, which seems to be where the problem lies...
Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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