non-setup information in setup.hint (was Re: Maintainers/Packages List, 2003
David F
foobar1996@hotmail.com
Wed Nov 26 20:20:00 GMT 2003
> >It's a bit contrived, but...
>
>A *bit* contrived?
Certainly not a byte contrived. A nybble contrived perhaps?
> >~$ ./setup.hint
> >bash: ./setup.hint: binary-only: bad interpreter: No such file or
>directory
> >
> >Perhaps the special comment should be something other than the shebang?
> >Just a thought.
>
>I pledge to never try to execute setup.hints and be confused by the
>output if I see the above. I certainly hope that the rest of the cygwin
>maintainers take that pledge as well.
>
>cgf
You're missing the point. I didn't post that because I expected people to go
around executing setup.hint files. Rather, I posted it to illustrate that
the chosen syntax has an already established meaning and Cygwin is an
environment where the executable bit is often faked by looking for that
syntax. The choice of syntax is arbitrary. Why overload the shebang when it
would be just as simple to choose something else? That's all I was trying to
say.
But I don't feel strongly about it; it was merely a light-hearted
observation. As I said "Just a thought."
Have a nice day
P.S. Just don't go defining any tags named 'rm' and suchlike. :)
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