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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:06:19 +0000 (UTC)
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> 
> THe problem is that the Win32 error code ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH
> isn't mapped to a POSIX errno.  Thus it's converted to the default EACCES.
> I checked in a patch to CVS which maps the error code to ENOEXEC.
> 
> Corinna
> 


Mucho thanko. 

I'll look forward to the next CYGWIN release displaying the improved behavior.

jjo


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