* install fails for .exe files
@ 1999-02-13 13:34 David Starks-Browning
1999-02-28 23:02 ` David Starks-Browning
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From: David Starks-Browning @ 1999-02-13 13:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Building Gnu texinfo-3.12 in B20.1, "make install" fails because the
makefile didn't expect executables to have the .exe suffix. This is
documented in the Cygwin User's Guide, at
< http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN541 >:
Unfortunately the install and strip commands do distinguish
between filename and filename.exe. They fail when working on a
non-existing filename even if filename.exe exists, thus
breaking some makefiles. This problem can be solved by writing
install and strip shell scripts to provide the extension
".exe" when needed.
I found the easiest solution was to use install-cygwin-b20-sh from
< ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Humblet_Pierre_A/ >.
Shouldn't cygwin install.exe provide this functionality from the
beginning? Wouldn't it save users considerable time & trouble?
Regards,
David
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* install fails for .exe files
1999-02-13 13:34 install fails for .exe files David Starks-Browning
@ 1999-02-28 23:02 ` David Starks-Browning
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Starks-Browning @ 1999-02-28 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Building Gnu texinfo-3.12 in B20.1, "make install" fails because the
makefile didn't expect executables to have the .exe suffix. This is
documented in the Cygwin User's Guide, at
< http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN541 >:
Unfortunately the install and strip commands do distinguish
between filename and filename.exe. They fail when working on a
non-existing filename even if filename.exe exists, thus
breaking some makefiles. This problem can be solved by writing
install and strip shell scripts to provide the extension
".exe" when needed.
I found the easiest solution was to use install-cygwin-b20-sh from
< ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Humblet_Pierre_A/ >.
Shouldn't cygwin install.exe provide this functionality from the
beginning? Wouldn't it save users considerable time & trouble?
Regards,
David
-------------------------------------------------------------------
David Starks-Browning | starksb@ebi.ac.uk
EMBL Outstation -- |
The European Bioinformatics Institute |
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus | tel: +44 (1223) 494 616
Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK | fax: +44 (1223) 494 468
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