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From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject: Re: Problems compiling Perl
25 Oct 1998 05:16:26 -0800 :
Message-ID: <9810250259.AA23700.cygnus.gnu-win32@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu>
References: <19981025023832 DOT 12581 DOT rocketmail AT send103 DOT yahoomail DOT com>
To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Cc: john_r_velman AT mail DOT hac DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

I had written,
> > 
> > Does adding tty to CYGWIN32 variable help?
> >   
> >   $ export CYGWIN32="$CYGWIN32 tty"
> >   $ ./Configure [ ... ]
> > 

And, Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> writes:
> 
> You must `SET CYGWIN32=%CYGWIN32% tty' before starting bash.  Setting
> tty after starting bash will leave the parent process in notty and the
> child in tty and you can get some strange results this way.
> 
> ==

Thanks for the correction Earnie!

Regards,
Mumit
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