From:	cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject:	Re: problem with symbolic links across filesystems
22 Aug 1998 19:30:19 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<19980822173944.B28401.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
References:	<ab3933dc DOT 35df1d1e AT aol DOT com>
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To:	N8TM AT aol DOT com
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 03:33:49PM -0400, N8TM AT aol DOT com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/22/98 12:16:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cgf AT cygnus DOT com
>writes:
>
>> Use the cygwin nomenclature for referencing disks devices:
>>  
>>  ln -s //d/da/db //c/ca/cb
>
>
>This procedure also is the right one for specifying the --prefix for
>installing binutils using bash as /bin/sh under NT.  

Right.  If you use something like "d:/usr/local/bin" you'll confuse
configure.  It will think that this refers to a "d:" directory in
current directory.
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