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From: dominique DOT cretel AT cfwb DOT be (CRETEL Dominique)
Subject: Re: HELP ME FOR autoconf-2.12 under cygwin32
10 Jul 1998 22:57:13 -0700 :
Message-ID: <35A60632.6AB2.cygnus.gnu-win32@cfwb.be>
References: <19980710120319 DOT 5379 DOT rocketmail AT send1c DOT yahoomail DOT com>
Reply-To: dominique DOT cretel AT cfwb DOT be
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To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Cc: Michael Hirmke <mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hello Earnie,

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > bash
> > $ mkdir /bin
> 
> This mkdir isn't necessary.  It's not unix folks, we're only
> pretending to be.  As a matter of fact, this can cause cygwin to
> become confused as to which directory /bin is supposed to be.
> 
> > $ mount [-b] d:/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin /bin
> 
> This is what will take care of the problem.

Well, if I understand what you mean, I have to mount the
d:/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin directory to /bin.

How to do this if /bin doesn't exists?
So, I have to create it by doing a mkdir -p /bin!

Bye,
Dominique.
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