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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:00:35 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com>
To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: ash's handling of foo.exe and Foo (Re: Cygwin 1.1.8 Python 2.1a2 Builds OOTB)
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:57:53AM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 12:44:09PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > Python 2.1a2 builds OOTB under Cygwin 1.1.8 or later.
> 
> There is one nit that I just noticed -- make install will fail during
> the $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR) target.  The simple workaround is to execute
> make install as follows:
> 
>     make EXE=.exe install
> 
> I will submit a patch to Python to correct the above problem which can be
> traced to the Makefile is now using EXEEXT while the regen shell script is
> still using EXE.  But, this could also be classified as an ash "issue" so
> see my next post, if interested.

Although, this could be corrected in ash too.  It seems like ash won't
execute foo.exe when there also exists a directory called Foo at the
same level:

    $ sh
    $ ls -dl [Pp]ython*
    drwxr-xr-x   3 jt       Domain U    24576 Feb 19 16:12 Python
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 jt       Domain U    34903 Feb 19 16:13 python.exe
    $ python
    python: not found
    $ python.exe
    Python 2.1a2 (#1, Feb 19 2001, 16:13:17)
    ...
    
But, the above problem does not occur in bash:

    $ bash
    $ ls -dl [Pp]ython*
    drwxr-xr-x   3 jt       Domain U    24576 Feb 19 16:12 Python
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 jt       Domain U    34903 Feb 19 16:13 python.exe
    $ python
    Python 2.1a2 (#1, Feb 19 2001, 16:13:17)
    ...

Jason

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