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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 1eb86c5c4..4ae01a8a6 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-07-18 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * pathnames.sgml: Change text for the order in which executables + are evaluated. + 2006-06-01 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com> * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.automated): New FAQ. diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 608f7f31d..5ab09e472 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -308,9 +308,11 @@ a a.exe b.exe 432961010 b 432961010 b.exe </screen> If a shell script <filename>myprog</filename> and a program -<filename>myprog.exe</filename> coexist in a directory, the program -has precedence and is selected for execution of -<command>myprog</command>.</para> +<filename>myprog.exe</filename> coexist in a directory, the shell +script has precedence and is selected for execution of +<command>myprog</command>. Note that this was quite the reverse up to +Cygwin 1.5.19. It has been changed for consistency with the rest of Cygwin. +</para> <para>The <command>gcc</command> compiler produces an executable named <filename>filename.exe</filename> when asked to produce |