This is the mail archive of the cygwin mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: 1.5.11: execvp bug (XP)


On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 12:51:26PM -0600, Isaac Foraker wrote:
>I have run into a bug when upgrading from 1.5.10 to 1.5.11.  I use a 
>soft-link for /usr/bin/perl to point to the real version of Perl running 
>on my system.  This lets me switch easily between the Native ActiveState 
>Perl and Cygwin Perl.  This used to work fine, but now my 'make' is 
>failing when running perl.  Note: make.exe is renamed to gmake.exe in my 
>environment to avoid conflicts with Opus make.
>
>#ls -l /usr/bin/perl
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 isaacf   Domain U       24 Sep  7 12:44 /usr/bin/perl -> 
>/usr/bin/perl5.8.5.exe
>
></Makefile>
>default:
>   perl foo.pl
></Makefile>
>
>#gmake
>gmake: execvp: perl: Permission denied

WFM, sorry.

Can you run perl from the command line?

cgf

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]