Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 10:09:54PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >> Upgrading to coreutils-6.9 breaks info, as it tries to invoke gunzip.exe. >> This should be fixed in info to just invoke gunzip, since in gzip 1.3.9, >> gunzip is merely a symlink (and the new coreutils no longer adds implicit >> and confusing .exe extensions to symlinks). > > Are you saying that info uses coreutils to start gunzip somehow?
I think what Eric is saying is that the installation of coreutils-6.9 now goes around and alters symbolic links of all packages to eliminate the ".exe" suffix. So if some package explicitly refers to that suffix, that will cause a problem. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/
