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Re: autoconf and exeext behavior
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: Keith Moore <keithmo at exmsft dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:29:08 -0700
- Subject: Re: autoconf and exeext behavior
- References: <43A349C5.6070606@exmsft.com>
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According to Keith Moore on 12/16/2005 4:12 PM:
>
> That said, another possible solution would be to
> rip out the lines mentioned above, and replace all
> occurances of "exeext" with "EXEEXT" (the variable
> set by the autoconf-generated magic).
That sounds right to me. Use what autoconf has already provided, then you
won't have to do platform-specific hacks that miss specific platforms like
cygwin.
>
> I'll try to get the "most correct" solution pushed
> upstream.
If you ask me, the "most correct" solution is to have upstream use EXEEXT
consistently.
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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