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Re: AC_PROG_CC not working


From: Earnie Boyd
Subject: Re: AC_PROG_CC not working
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:53:07 -0700 (PDT)

--- Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello, Morten!
> 
> > Not really, no. For instance, Cygwin does this funny thing where they
> > map all files named ``something.exe'' to also match any inquires to a
> > file named ``something''.
> 
> Why do you want to set ac_exeext to ".exe" then? Why bother if Cygwin did
> everything to hide this complexity from us?
> 
> Does this magic fail at some stage? When? Can you test specifically for
> the problem instead of testing for magic?
> 

Unfortunately, yes.  It fails with commands like cp, mv, etc.  Those commands
need the full name in order to function.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:address@hidden

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