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Subject: Re: .exe magic reloaded
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On Sep  5 16:28, Al wrote:
> I came accross the following. These two files existed.
> 
> /home/prefix/gentoo/bin/tr.exe
> /home/prefix/gentoo/usr/bin/tr -> /home/prefix/gentoo.bin/tr.exe
                                                      ^^^
						  dot, not slash?

> So we have a symblic link to an executable from a different directory.
> 
> Perls configuration script detected /home/prefix/gentoo/usr/bin/tr and
> called it as /home/prefix/gentoo/usr/bin/tr.exe. That didn't work.
> Obviously the .exe magic does not work for symbolic links from a
> different directory.

It does:

  $ cd tmp
  $ mkdir dir1 dir2
  $ cp /bin/echo.exe dir1
  $ ln -s `pwd`/dir1/echo.exe dir2/echo
  $ ls -l dir*
  dir1:
  total 52
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 corinna vinschen 49166 2010-09-06 10:59 echo.exe

  dir2:
  total 1
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 corinna vinschen 31 2010-09-06 11:00 echo -> /home/corinna/tmp/dir1/echo.exe
  $ dir2/echo hello
  hello
  $ /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo hello
  hello

> I solved that by adding a second symbolic link
> /home/prefix/gentoo/usr/bin/tr.exe.
> 
> What is the best way to go here?

Find out what *really* has gone wrong.


Corinna

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