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Re: Problems with make install of tiff libs
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Problems with make install of tiff libs
- From: Dmitry Yaitskov <dimas at home dot com>
- Date: 11 May 2000 10:06:34 -0400
- Organization: Just me at home
- References: <C2818ILN23P18*@MHS>
"Michael Ring" <Michael.Ring@t-mobil.de> wrote:
> The problem is, that double slashes at the beginning of a pathname are
> interpreted as the access to an nt-drive.
>
> //c/ means look at c:\ of my installation.
>
> Paths like
> ///usr
>
> are misinterpreted by cygwin which ends in the no such device or address
> error-message.
>
> The solution is quite simple for libtiff:
>
> use:
>
> make ROOT=/. install
>
> now ///usr is converted to /.///usr which can be interpreted by cygwin.
Many thanks Michael, it works now. I knew about the //c/ being c:\,
but didn't know multiple slashes were allowed in UN*X pathes.
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Cheers,
-Dima.
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