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Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:56:59 -0500
To:	Dan Browning <dbml AT kavod DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: ./config -luser32 error, but libuser32.a is in the
	usr/lib/w32api directory
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At 08:52 PM 3/20/2002, Dan Browning wrote:
>At 05:36 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>At 07:27 PM 3/20/2002, Luke J Crook wrote:
>> >Thanks for the help guys, I read the the FAQ and have since uninstalled
>> >Ruby, and deleted everythin in the the c:\Cygwin directory. I decided to
>> >start from scratch.
>> >
>> >However, even after re-installing Cygwin, I still have the same problem as I
>> >described previously... ld can't find -luser32. Could this be a possible bug
>> >in the installer?
>> >
>> >The only way I can fix this is by copying the contents of /usr/lib/w32api
>> >into /lib and /usr/lib.
>> >
>> >-Luke
>>
>>Ditto.
>>
>>#################################################
>>##  Steps to reproduce:
>>#################################################
>>
>>* Remove old cygwin ("del /s /q c:\cygwin")
>>
>>* Install "All" using the new cygwin installer
>>
>>#################################################
>>##  Symptoms
>>#################################################
>>
>>* luser32 is nowhere to be found.  (unlike Luke, I do not have a "/usr/lib/w32api" directory).
>
>Correction:
>
>The "c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api" DOES actually exist in windows, but I could not access that directory within the cygwin shell:
>
>$ cd /usr/lib/w32api
>bash: cd: /usr/lib/w32api: No such file or directory
>
>However, if I copy "c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api" to c:\cygwin\lib, then everything works (like what Luke said).
>
>So what I think we're dealing with here is, "why can't cygwin see the c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api directory"?


Sounds like a permissions problem to me.  What does ls -l /usr/lib/w32api
show?



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