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RE: Problems building autoconf
- To: michael-ring at t-online dot de
- Subject: RE: Problems building autoconf
- From: "McDermott, Alastair" <Alastair dot McDermott at softwareag dot com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:38:13 +0200
- Cc: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
Hi Michael,
> Aargh....
Tell me about it! :-)
> please do a sh -x ./configure --prefix=/usr >autoconf.log
> I saw that you configured from //e/ which means that you are using
> textmode (Cygwin's default for drives)
>
> could you please make sure that / is mounted binary amd then create a
> directory test and unpack autoconf to this dir.
> Perhaps it works on a binary mount. Do this test before doing the sh
> -x thing.
Hah, well what should I have expected? It worked! :-)
So the problem was that autoconf must be installed onto a binary mode drive
... doh.
> May the force be with you
I think I owe you a couple of pints of Guinness next time you're in Dublin!
Thanks,
Alastair.
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Alastair McDermott,
Software AG R&D Ireland Ltd.
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