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Re: canonpath in perl as it relates to cygwin
- From: Michael A Chase <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: Christopher Murray <CJM4 at nrc dot gov>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:59:06 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
- Subject: Re: canonpath in perl as it relates to cygwin
- References: <scd6b029.019@nrcgwia.nrc.gov>
- Reply-to: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
On Mon, 06 May 2002 16:32:25 -0400 Christopher Murray <CJM4@nrc.gov> wrote:
> >Is anyone here already reporting this to perlbug? I am willing to, but if
> >someone has already reported it, there is no need for a 'me too'.
>
> It wasn't yet clear to me if this was a bug, so I hadn't yet thought of doing this.
> If you would be willing to submit the report, then I would defer to you, but since
> I was the one to raise the issue, I would also be willing to do so if no one else
> does.
It is a bug and it could cause considerable trouble if it gets into Perl
5.8. I've submitted a report to perlbug@perl.org with a patch. I sent a
copy to cygwin@cygwin.com as well so you should see it here.
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