Sorry, missed that. Still, like CGF, I can't reproduce this: $ echo -e 'default:\n\tperl1 foo.pl' > Makefile $ echo -e '#!/usr/bin/perl1\n\n\nprint "Success.\\n"' > foo.pl $ ln -fs /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl1 $ make perl1 foo.pl Success. $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 pechtcha 1.5.12(0.116/4/2) 2004-09-07 15:07 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin $
There must be something peculiar to your installation. Does the exact recipe above work for you? Igor On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Isaac Foraker wrote: > As stated in my original post, I renamed make.exe to gmake.exe to avoid > a name conflict with Opus make (also named make.exe). So, > gmake.exe==Cygwin make.exe. My environment is somewhat customized > because I have a lot of different build requirements depending on the > project I am working on. > > Renaming gmake back to make gives the same result. > > #which make > /usr/bin/make > > #make > perl foo.pl > make: execvp: perl: Permission denied > make: *** [default] Error 127 > > Thanks, > IF > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Isaac Foraker wrote: > > > > > Yes, the perl soft link works from the command line. Here's my test > > > case that fails. > > > > > > <foo.pl> > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > > > > > print "Success.\n" > > > </foo.pl> > > > > > > <Makefile> > > > default: > > > perl foo.pl > > > </Makefile> > > > > > > #ls -l /usr/bin/perl > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 isaacf Domain U 24 Sep 7 12:44 /usr/bin/perl -> > > > /usr/bin/perl5.8.5.exe > > > > > > #gmake > > ^^^^^ > > > > > perl foo.pl > > > gmake: execvp: perl: Permission denied > > > gmake: *** [default] Error 127 > > ^^^^^ > > > > > #perl foo.pl > > > Success. > > > > > > You may also need to "rm /usr/bin/perl.exe" before you can "ln -s > > > /usr/bin/perl5.8.5.exe /usr/bin/perl". > > > > > > > According to > > <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=bin%2Fgmake>, there is > > no "gmake" in the Cygwin distribution. Is "gmake" a Windows executable, > > by any chance? If so, the behavior is expected -- Windows programs don't > > understand Cygwin symlinks. > > > > Why not use Cygwin make? > > Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/