Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19991103043042.25455.rocketmail@web114.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 20:30:42 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boydNOREPLY@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Help! Can't get B20 to build To: Gerry Weaver , "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Gerry Weaver wrote: > > Hi, > > I am having some trouble building the B20 release. I have done the > following; > > My machine is a pentium II 300 w/ Windows NT 4 SP3 > > > 1. Installed the binary image of cygwin B20 > 2. Downloaded and untarred dev-src_tar > 3. Executed a cygwin console (shell) > 4. Changed directory to the src directory And this is your downfall. It is a know FAQ that you cannot configure in the src directory for cygwin. You should create a directory in the parent to src named E.G. build and run the configure in that directory giving the appropriate prefix and srcdir parameters. ===== Earnie Boyd Cygwin Newbies, please visit __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com