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Date: 27 Mar 2000 23:48:00 +0200
From: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke)
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Subject: Re: No such file or directory
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Hi Chris,

[...]
>So, the only other alternative is to modify, cp and mv.  I guess we
>could also change every open in make but I don't think that's the
>right solution.
>
>Other POSIX-over-Windows packages seem to default to finding a ".exe".
>I don't think this would be too burdensome, myself.

What about setting some env var like EXESUFFIX=.exe and let those tools
look for it and use it *only* if it exists.
This wouldn't affect the normal behaviour of those tools, and you could
set it on and off whenever you need it.

>
>cgf

Bye.
Michael.
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