--- Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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