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Subject: Re: 'cp' utility bug when <dest-name>.exe file exist.
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On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 03:02:16PM +0100, Julio Costa wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 14:20, Eric Blake wrote:
>>
>> Have you ever encountered a makefile that doesn't consistently use
>> $(EXEEXT) everywhere? ??Too many people just expect 'gcc -o foo ...' to
>> produce foo, then 'strip foo' to work, without realizing that on cygwin,
>> gcc created 'foo.exe' and strip _has_ to have .exe magic.
>
>That's just one of the several scenarios which would greatly benefit
>from a removal of .exe magic.

Uh, no.  That would BREAK makefiles.

cgf

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