Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.20000325225920.00d3c7b0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:07:27 -0500 To: Chris Faylor , "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: No such file or directory In-Reply-To: <20000325224827.A30310@cygnus.com> References: <4.3.2.20000325222901.00d398a0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <38DBEF82.7DF664AD@netmcr.com> <4.3.2.20000325222901.00d398a0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX (508) 560-1285 - cell phone -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com