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On 06/28/2010 05:08 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> It is not unusual for mono packages to create a wrapper script (to be
> installed in PATH) in the same directory as an assembly (which has .exe
> suffix and is installed out of PATH), which uncovered a regression using
> the 20100622 snapshot:
>=20
> echo script > foo
> echo executable > foo.exe
> mkdir bar
> install foo bar/foo

The problem is here - should install be open()ing "foo" (the script) or
"foo.exe" (the executable) as the source file for copying into bar/foo?
 Since it is never a good idea to have both an .exe and a script of the
same name in the same directory, is this really a regression, or just
bad behavior on mono's part?  Remember, libtool was recently changed to
avoid exactly this ambiguity.  Or should I be trying to patch coreutils
(and/or someone patch cygwin1.dll) to try harder to open the script
instead of the .exe when the suffix-less file conflicts with the .exe?

--=20
Eric Blake   eblake AT redhat DOT com    +1-801-349-2682
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