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Re: File extension for the copy of python2.5.exe
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 17:48:42 -0400
- Subject: Re: File extension for the copy of python2.5.exe
- References: <5E0CC230268C4E638A8C3318492EB340@thinkpad>
Jim,
On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 09:37:22AM -0700, Jim Eberle wrote:
> Part of the latest python rollout involved converting the "python"
> symlink into a full file copy. I was wondering if this could be
> renamed to "python.exe".
>
> Without the ".exe" extension, doing a CreateProcess() on "python"
> fails even if the python file exists and is in the calling process'
> %PATH%.
>
> Likewise, running "python" from a CMD shell (some people do this)
> fails for the same reason.
Unfortunately when I converted to using cygport, I forgot about the
functionality in my build script to workaround the above issue.
I will try to figure out how to convince cygport to pass "LN=cp" during
the "make install" phase.
Yaakov,
Do you have any hints?
Thanks,
Jason
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