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RE: program target missing $(EXEEXT)


From: Robert Collins
Subject: RE: program target missing $(EXEEXT)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:27:44 +1000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edward [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:47 PM
> To: Robert Collins; Akim Demaille
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: program target missing $(EXEEXT)
> 
> 
> here is the current situation as i see it. some apps like gcc 
> can manage
> .exe by themselves. others like "install" handle .exe differently in
> specific cases. others like "rm" don't handle .exe at all 
> (and shouldn't).
> automake deals with this by explicitly adding .exe (basically 
> everywhere).
> 
> however, downstream development utilities like libtool 
> *expect* the .exe to
> *not* be explicitly tagged in the Makefiles. having .exe 
> breaks libtools
> usage of scripts to wrap applications which need a loader 
> hint (for dll
> path). unfortunately, creating a script called foo.exe wreaks havoc on
> windows systems, at least. which try to load it (kids don't 
> try this at home
> :)

Isn't there a _SCRIPTS primary _for scripts_. That doesn't get $(EXEEXT)
added to it at all. Perhaps the wrong target was being used?

> 
> so, what do all you automake peeps suggest?
> 
> cheers,
> edward
> 



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