On Sep 6 12:36, Al wrote: > >> 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. > > > > > > Right, Perl wants to be superschlau and adds the .exe suffix. That > would work in Cygwins standard locations, where /bin and /usr/bin > seems to be the same. > > Is this a Bug on the side of Perls "Configure" or rather a limitation > in Cygwins .exe magic? As there is no official standard, how to deal > with this, it remains a point of philosophy. So far it was the only > case in 30 packages I compiled.
It's definitely a bug in perl's Configure. If the name of the symlink is "foo", there's not the faintest reason to assume that "foo.exe" should work 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
