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RE: Should Cygwin gcc -o always append .exe?
- To: "Jason Tishler" <Jason dot Tishler at dothill dot com>,"Cygwin-Apps" <cygwin-apps at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: Should Cygwin gcc -o always append .exe?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:45:02 +1000
My understanding:
OpenLDAP should be patched. If it uses automake, upgrading to a newer
automake will fix this for you.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Tishler [mailto:Jason.Tishler@dothill.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:14 AM
> To: Cygwin-Apps
> Subject: Should Cygwin gcc -o always append .exe?
>
>
> While building OpenLDAP 2.0.11, I stumbled across an issue with Cygwin
> gcc -o that can be characterized by the following:
>
> $ gcc -o in.foo foo.c
> $ ls in.foo*
> in.foo
>
> I expected that in.foo.exe would have been created instead of in.foo.
> The Makefile for in.xfingerd expected this behavior too and
> failed during
> make install.
>
> Should Cygwin gcc be changed to resolve this issue or should OpenLDAP
> be patched?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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