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From:	Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf DOT Wildenhues AT gmx DOT de>
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Date:	Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:37:34 +0000 (UTC)
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Hello Cygwin developers,

The following fails for me (and web and list search haven't been helpful):

$ mkdir ...
$ cd ...
$ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
$ ./ls.exe
bash: ./ls.exe: No such file or directory

Same with code compiled in this directory.

Is this a bug or by design?

This is from an Automake test failure, where configure failed in such a
directory because the programs produced by a compilation could not be run: 
<http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7849>.
I would like to know whether we can close the bug as wontfix (and skip the
test  in question on Cygwin) due to system limitations.

Thanks for maintaining Cygwin!
Ralf


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