X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 09:53:44 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [Ping Python maintainer]: enhancement request Message-ID: <20070501135344.GC17841@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20070501120623 DOT GA3824 AT tishler DOT net> <20070501133951 DOT GB17841 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:50:31AM -0400, Lev Bishop wrote: >On 5/1/07, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 08:06:23AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote: >>>OK. Should I copy or make a hard link? >> >>Before you do this, I have a question. Why is this important now when >>you've apparently been doing this for many years? This isn't the only >>package which makes symlinks to executables. And, since, AFAIK, >>setup.exe doesn't understand hard links it means that you really do >>have to make a copy. If you make a copy you stand the chance of having >>python.exe out of sync with the thing that it is supposed to be >>pointing to. > >You could avoid that particular problem by making a hardlink in a >postinstall script, right? That would mean that python.exe wouldn't be owned by any package. You could also solve the problem at hand by just using sh.exe to invoke python from a non-Cygwin command prompt. cgf -- 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/