X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100906101206.GA14327@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20100906090517.GA13174@calimero.vinschen.de> <20100906101206.GA14327@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:36:29 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: .exe magic reloaded From: Al To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 >> That's what Perls "Configure" does. Still the magic works only in the >> target directory, but not on the level of the symlink itself. > > Uh, I see. =A0That's a bug in perl's Configure. =A0It shouldn't use the > .exe suffix at all. > > Right, Perl wants to be superschlau and adds the .exe suffix. That would work in Cygwins standard locations, where /bin and /usr/bin seems to be the same. Is this a Bug on the side of Perls "Configure" or rather a limitation in Cygwins .exe magic? As there is no official standard, how to deal with this, it remains a point of philosophy. So far it was the only case in 30 packages I compiled. Al -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple