RE: cp.exe bug

["Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Ross Boulet
> Sent: 14 March 2004 21:45

> I cut more from my makefile and just use one symbolic in 
> place of your BIN, OBJ, and FILE as follows:
> 
> ####### Even More Simple Makefile Example
> 
> CC= gcc
> 
> FILE= foo
> 
> all: $(FILE).exe install
> 
> $(FILE).exe: $(FILE).o
>  $(CC) -o $(FILE).exe $(FILE).o
> 
> $(FILE).o:
>  $(CC) -c $(FILE).c -o $(FILE).o
> 
> install:
>  mkdir -p ./bin/;
>  cp $(FILE).exe ./bin/;
> 
> ####### End Makefile
 

  I can't reproduce the problem here:


-----snip-----
dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> ls -lart
total 2
drwxr-xr-x+  11 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:39 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 dk       Domain U      286 Mar 15 10:40 Makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 dk       Domain U       63 Mar 15 10:40 foo.c
drwxr-xr-x+   2 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:41 .
dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> cat Makefile
####### Even More Simple Makefile Example

CC= gcc

FILE= foo

all: $(FILE).exe install

$(FILE).exe: $(FILE).o
        $(CC) -o $(FILE).exe $(FILE).o

$(FILE).o:
        $(CC) -c $(FILE).c -o $(FILE).o

install:
        mkdir -p ./bin/;
        cp $(FILE).exe ./bin/;

####### End Makefile


dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> cat foo.c

int main (int argc, const char **argv)
{
  return 0;
}

dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> make
gcc -c foo.c -o foo.o
gcc -o foo.exe foo.o
mkdir -p ./bin/;
cp foo.exe ./bin/;
dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> ls -lart bin/
total 11
drwxr-xr-x+   3 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:41 ..
-rwxr-xr-x    1 dk       Domain U    11156 Mar 15 10:41 foo.exe
drwxr-xr-x+   2 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:41 .
dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> ls -lart
total 14
drwxr-xr-x+  11 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:39 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 dk       Domain U      286 Mar 15 10:40 Makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 dk       Domain U       63 Mar 15 10:40 foo.c
-rw-r--r--    1 dk       Domain U      428 Mar 15 10:41 foo.o
-rwxr-xr-x    1 dk       Domain U    11156 Mar 15 10:41 foo.exe
drwxr-xr-x+   3 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:41 .
drwxr-xr-x+   2 dk       Domain U        0 Mar 15 10:41 bin
dk@mace /davek/test/cp-bug> cygcheck -svr | grep fileutils
fileutils               4.1-2
-----snip-----


  Dunno why.  cygcheck.out attached; it might be instructive to compare the
difference between mine and yours and see if it gives us any ideas why you
get the bug and I don't.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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