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From:	Sam Steingold <sds AT gnu DOT org>
Subject:	Re: autoconf 2.54-1 writes dos files
Date:	30 Aug 2003 17:24:14 -0400
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> * In message <20030830211707 DOT GQ614 AT emcb DOT co DOT uk>
> * On the subject of "Re: autoconf 2.54-1 writes dos files"
> * Sent on Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:17:07 +0100
> * Honorable Elfyn McBratney <...> writes:
>
> Sam Steingold wrote:
> > > * Honorable Elfyn McBratney <foo AT bar> writes:
> 
> Thanks for addressing me as honorable, but please don't quote my
> e-mail address.

your e-mail address is in the header!

> > > Sam Steingold wrote:
> > > > > * Honorable Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> writes:
> > > > > Sam Steingold wrote:
> > > > > > I just noticed that autoconf 2.54-1 writes configure files
> > > > > > with DOS CR/LF line ends!  what's up?!  I check "unix" in
> > > > > > "default text file type" setup option and I do not have any
> > > > > > CRs in the configure.in files!
> > > > > 
> > > > > autoconf is a perl program.  There were some releases of perl
> > > > > that had a few issues with incorrectly using DOS line endings
> > > > > even on binary mounts.  Try upgrading perl to the most recent
> > > > > release (5.8.0-5 for "regular" cygwin; 5.8.1-something for
> > > > > "test" or "experimental" cygwin)
> > > > 
> > > > $ cygcheck.exe -c -h perl
> > > > Cygwin Package Information
> > > > Package              Version
> > > > perl                 5.8.0-5
> > > 
> > > What's the output of `mount' ?
> > 
> > d:\gnu\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type user (binmode)
> > d:\gnu\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (binmode)
> > d:\gnu\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (binmode)
> > d:\gnu\cygwin on / type user (binmode)
> > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> 
> Does running, say
> 
>   $ PERLIO=raw autoconf
> 
> help at all?

this fixed the problem completely.
now, why isn't this the default?
as I said above, my default file type is unix!

thanks a lot!

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