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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:21:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Isaac Foraker <isaac DOT foraker AT xilinx DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.5.11: execvp bug (XP)
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Do you have a "perl.exe" somewhere *else* in your PATH?  Try "type -a
perl" from bash, or "which -a perl"...  How about "type -a perl.exe" or
"which -a perl.exe"?  What happens when you name the symlink "perl.exe"
instead of "perl"?
	Igor

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Isaac Foraker wrote:

> Okay, this is interesting.  I got rid of /usr/bin/perl, and copied
> perl5.8.5.exe back to perl.exe.  Then I tried the exact sequence you had
> below and it worked.  For some reason the /usr/bin/perl1 soft link works
> but the /usr/bin/perl soft link does not.  I'm at a loss.  Why can't I
> make /usr/bin/perl a soft link to /usr/bin/perl5.8.5?  Why does this
> only seem to affect certain systems?
>
> Thanks,
> IF
>
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > Well, I have XP SP1, and, as you saw, it worked.  Since I didn't *really*
> > try it with 1.5.11, but rather with a self-built DLL from CVS, you might
> > try the latest snapshot and see if that fixes your problem.  Otherwise, I
> > had a WAG that it had to do with the presence of .exe in the symlink name
> > and contents, but the guess didn't pan out for me -- it worked in all 4
> > combinations.
> >
> > I don't believe you ever said whether the *exact* sequence of commands
> > below worked for you or not.
> >
> > Ah, another possibly relevant point: I use perl 5.8.2-1...  Could you
> > please try that?
> > 	Igor
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Isaac Foraker wrote:
> >
> >
> > > #uname -a
> > > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 xcoisaacf20 1.5.11(0.116/4/2) 2004-09-04 23:17 i686 unknown
> > > unknown Cygwin
> > >
> > > I tried this same experiment on a home PC, and it is not having the
> > > problem. The major difference I can see is that the home PC has XP SP2
> > > installed, and the work machine is still on Service Pack 1 (I have no
> > > control over that). I'm trying to identify anything else different on
> > > the work machine that could cause 1.5.11 to not work. I'm not having any
> > > trouble with 1.5.10, so my group is sticking with that for now.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > IF
> > >
> > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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?

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