Den 2010-08-13 19:32 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: > * Peter Rosin wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 03:55:54PM CEST: >> Den 2010-08-07 17:56 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: >>> install bla.exe .../inst/bin/foo.exe >>> install script.sh .../inst/bin/foo >>> >>> and the second one fails (to overwrite the foo.exe). Does anybody >>> happen to know if this is due to a change in Cygwin semantics? > >> This sounds like a change in Cygwin exe-magic that I unfortunately >> fail to find any reference to. > > <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/119380>? > I haven't read through it yet.
I skimmed it and that's not it. No one mentions any actual changes. I did some more searching and found this in the changelog for the cygwin dll version 1.7.2: | - Avoid overly agressive appending of .exe suffix when renaming Windows | executables. Full message (but no more info): "[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.7.2-1" http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-03/msg00826.html There's also this, but that's in an experimental package... "Updated [experimental]: coreutils-8.4-1" http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-03/msg00664.html And this: "the .exe extension" http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-03/msg00418.html And this is bound to have some related bits: "1.7.2?" http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2010-03/msg00000.html But maybe I'm just remembering issues with .exe-magic that has nothing to do with *this* issue. If you haven't updated for a looong while, there's also this old thing in the 1.5.20 announcement: | corinna: Improve and regularize search for files ending with .exe. Full message: "Updated: cygwin-1.5.20-1" http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2006-07/msg00000.html Cheers, Peter
