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Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 16:58:44 +0200
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Subject: Re: .exe magic reloaded
From: Al <oss DOT elmar AT googlemail DOT com>
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>
> I got a little bit confused now. Should I report now upstream at Perl
> that Configure
> has a problem by adding .exe, or is it just a problem with your layout?
>
> AFAIK perl does not symlink tr.exe, just its own files when using -Dmksymlinks.
> And failing to read a wrong tr.exe symlink does not look like perls fault.

I estimate it as a very low priority bug in Perls Configure script.

 * It doesn't matter outside Cygwin.
 * It doesn't matter for a standard Cygwin installation.
 * It only matters for installations on a prefixed location in Cygwin.

My bottomline:

It is not worth to report it. It can be patched downstream in the
special situation.

But to make Perls setup more perfect ... who knows!

Al

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