Re: wrapperdot on cygwin (was: small abstractions: func_source, func_execute_cmds)

[ This thread starts at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2005-08/msg00049.html and continues at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2005-08/msg00051.html I'm CC:ing the MinGW list because it is affected as well, see below. ] * Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Aug 10, 2005

Re: wrapperdot on cygwin (was: small abstractions: func_source, func_execute_cmds)

This is wrong for cygwin. For starters, cygwin does not auto-append .exe when sourcing a file, but correctly sources the filename as it was spelled. (.exe is auto-appended when exec()ing an executable, but sourcing is different from exec()ing.) Thanks for this

Re: wrapperdot on cygwin (was: small abstractions: func_source, func_execute_cmds)

Thanks for this information! So when have things changed between http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2003-01/msg9.html and now? I mean, Charles won't have introduced this for no reason, with this detailed comment added to it, and explaining this: | There are two places in