Re: Changes in process spawning break perl system() function

[LRN <lrn1986 at gmail dot com>]

On 17.03.2015 13:51, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 17 03:34, LRN wrote:
>> How to reproduce:
>> 1) create a shell script (say, /usr/bin/shellscript) containing this:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> echo ${0##*/}
>>
>> 2) create a symlink (say, /usr/bin/asymlink) that points to shellscript
>>
>> 3) create a perl script (say, /usr/bin/perlscript) containing this:
>>
>> #! /usr/bin/perl -w
>> system '/usr/bin/asymlink';
>>
>> 4) run /usr/bin/perlscript
>>
>> Expected results:
>> "asymlink" should be echoed by the shellscript when it is run by perlscript
>>
>> Actual results:
>> "shellscript" is echoed instead
>>
>> This affects 1.7.35.
> 
> Thanks for the report.  I applied a fix for that and uploaded new
> snapshots to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/
> 
> Could you please try them and report back?
> 
> 

Tried cygwin1-20150317.dll, the bug is fixed.


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