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install fails for .exe files

Building Gnu texinfo-3.12 in B20.1, "make install" fails because the
makefile didn't expect executables to have the .exe suffix.  This is
documented in the Cygwin User's Guide, at
<http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN541>:

	Unfortunately the install and strip commands do distinguish
	between filename and filename.exe. They fail when working on a
	non-existing filename even if filename.exe exists, thus
	breaking some makefiles. This problem can be solved by writing
	install and strip shell scripts to provide the extension
	".exe" when needed.

I found the easiest solution was to use install-cygwin-b20-sh from
<ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Humblet_Pierre_A/>.

Shouldn't cygwin install.exe provide this functionality from the
beginning?  Wouldn't it save users considerable time & trouble?

Regards,
David

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