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Re: [ITP] util-linux
- From: "Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:06:37 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ITP] util-linux
- References: <4404D661.5040608@users.sourceforge.net> <4405A032.4000800@byu.net>
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Eric Blake wrote:
> No. With Corinna's patch to add CYGWIN=transparent_exe option, we are
> asking for problems if we distribute a script alongside an exe. (I've
> been meaning to check for any other violations of the idea of providing
> more than one file in the set {foo, foo.exe, foo.lnk, foo.exe.lnk}, since
> I would like to see transparent_exe gain more light).
OK, but I can think of one *major* "violation" of this: libtool-built
applications, when linking against a to-be-installed library in the same
package. In such a case, the real .exe is placed in .libs, and both an
extension-less libtool script and a launcher .exe are placed in the
builddir; this allows one to run the application w/o installing it.
Yaakov
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