Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:50:02 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ash 20020731-3 and/or cygwin 1.5.2 directory vs. executable problem Message-ID: <20030811205002.GT3101@cygbert.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20030811180612.GB1136@tishler.net> <20030811190539.GO3101@cygbert.vinschen.de> <20030811200134.GA1392@tishler.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030811200134.GA1392@tishler.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:01:34PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote: > Corinna, > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:05:39PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:06:13PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote: > > > Since the source of ash 20020731-1 seems identical to ash > > > 20020731-3, this seems to indicate a build and/or cygwin problem... > > > > It's a situation which is determined by coincidence... > > Huh? We had a similar discussion in this ML at one point. You can't rely on this situation to work correctly, given the way applications try to find out about files. Think "stat". If it worked so far, you're a lucky guy. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/