On Sep 6 11:53, Al wrote: > It does not: > > > It does: > > > > $ cd tmp > > $ mkdir dir1 dir2 > > $ cp /bin/echo.exe dir1 > > $ ln -s `pwd`/dir1/echo.exe dir2/echo > > $ ls -l dir* > > dir1: > > total 52 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 corinna vinschen 49166 2010-09-06 10:59 echo.exe > > > > dir2: > > total 1 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 corinna vinschen 31 2010-09-06 11:00 echo -> > > /home/corinna/tmp/dir1/echo.exe > > $ dir2/echo hello > > hello > > $ /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo hello > > hello > > > > $ /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo.exe hello > bash: /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo.exe: No such file or directory > > That's what Perls "Configure" does. Still the magic works only in the > target directory, but not on the level of the symlink itself.
Uh, I see. That's a bug in perl's Configure. It shouldn't use the .exe suffix at all. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
