X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:47:34 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 'cp' utility bug when <dest-name>.exe file exist. Message-ID: <20100609154734.GA18851@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <AANLkTil0pNuO4a9n2Ln5H3Q0cJRdQER7NlgSTg2a9EN2 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <OFCB72527D DOT F8E42EE2-ON8525773C DOT 0058E3E2-8525773C DOT 0059F451 AT lnotes-gw DOT ent DOT nwie DOT net> <1276042636 DOT 1651 DOT 9 DOT camel AT erebor> <AANLkTil6fa2-stL9f3hd-Dg-X6FjzVKLeG56lPoI7OYp AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20100609044034 DOT GB9305 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <AANLkTikJ9U3U49HlT9Ldm6aueX3z22gN_6L95P-E2Pwz AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <AANLkTinrgelZ5PcMhWjzehe8sa-cjkGoiFI8WpLGNh84 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <AANLkTimh8Kzu14RAhlzYl6FBl6nOdXNY2JMIug7b_v-X AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4C0F9535 DOT 7010902 AT redhat DOT com> <AANLkTinO8GJY9d9SIy-unGW1yrPqGjvNmo5oj5-t2zsC AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinO8GJY9d9SIy-unGW1yrPqGjvNmo5oj5-t2zsC@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> 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 Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 03:02:16PM +0100, Julio Costa wrote: >On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 14:20, Eric Blake wrote: >> >> Have you ever encountered a makefile that doesn't consistently use >> $(EXEEXT) everywhere? ??Too many people just expect 'gcc -o foo ...' to >> produce foo, then 'strip foo' to work, without realizing that on cygwin, >> gcc created 'foo.exe' and strip _has_ to have .exe magic. > >That's just one of the several scenarios which would greatly benefit >from a removal of .exe magic. Uh, no. That would BREAK makefiles. cgf -- 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