Subject: Re: MINGW32: how use a configure script
From: [email-masked] (Bartlee A. Anderson)

23 Feb 1998 19:16:19 -0800
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Or... if you're set up for mingw32, just add the gnuwin bin dir to your
path (at the end so it's files are used only if you don't have your own
copy. Like for bash/sh/other unixish utilities.
Bart
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> 
> >   cimadomo hervé ([email-masked])
> >   Fri, 20 Feb 1998 09:39:38 +0100
> >trying mingw32 version og gnu-win32, i can't use any configure script
> >because i cant' find sh for mingw32
> >If i use bash of cygwin distribution, i have many error.
> >my question is : is exist a mingw32 version of bash or tcsh ?
> >
> You have to set up cygwin on your system, and make a minimal Unix-style
> file system on your C:\ drive:  I. e., c:\bin, c:\usr, c:\etc, c:\dev.
> 
> You can then use the cygwin version of bash and sh to run your configure
> script, except that, to use it with mingw32, you need to change the gcc
> `specs' file to the mingw32 `specs' file, and you need to change the
> environment values for include and lib to point to the mingw32 include
> and lib directories.
> 
> It takes a bit of work and some knowledge of Unix.
> 
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