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Re: Help compiling gcc 4.2.0


Gary Johnson wrote:
On 2007-06-22, Dave Korn wrote:
On 21 June 2007 21:47, Lee Rhodes wrote:


I am struggling with the infamous unix/dos end-of-line '\r\n' vs '\n'
incompatibilities.  It seems that no matter what shell I use (bash, sh,
Cygwin, rxvt, dos) that the gnu make utility throws errors when it sees the
'\r' CR character.

Do I have to convert ALL the downloaded files into the unix format
(dos2unix)?
  Nope, what you have to do is you have to /not/ use winzip to unpack the
archives.  Use cygwin's command-line tar utility.

I agree with the advice to use tar, but WinZip does have an option to fix this behavior. From the menu bar, select


Options -> Configuration -> Miscellaneous

Uncheck the "TAR file smart CR/LF conversion" box. (Odd use of "smart".) Click OK.


Cygwin's 'tar' enables other features you won't find in WinZip and often
need.  You're better off using Cygwin's 'tar' for unpacking source tar
files.

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