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Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 13:20:35 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
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Subject: Re: File extension for the copy of python2.5.exe
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Yaakov,

On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 08:16:43PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 2010-05-02 16:48, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >Unfortunately when I converted to using cygport, I forgot about the
> >functionality in my build script to workaround the above issue.
> >
> >I will try to figure out how to convince cygport to pass "LN=cp" during
> >the "make install" phase.
> >
> >Yaakov,
> >
> >Do you have any hints?
> 
> -	dosym python${slot}.exe /usr/bin/python
> +	cp ${D}/usr/bin/python{${slot},}.exe

I will use the above approach in my next and subsequent releases.

Thanks,
Jason

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