| Subject: | HEAD colliding with /usr/bin/head on Cygwin |
I'm not sure what you want to do about this, but this bug bit me today.
I'm compiling gcc 3.3.2 on cygwin and some of the configure tests run
head -1. In my system, I've installed libwww into Perl so the HEAD
program is in my PATH, before /usr/bin. Turns out that Cygwin treats
HEAD the same has head, so configure ran libwww's HEAD, not /usr/bin/head.
I don't know how many packages depend upon HEAD's name, but maybe it
would be good to consider renaming it.
Best,
Blair