Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <013d01c11121$24cd1ea0$806410ac@local> From: "Robert Collins" To: , References: <200107201332.GAA08218@newsguy.com> Subject: Re: autoconf error with /dev/ptmx Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:37:37 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jul 2001 13:24:10.0741 (UTC) FILETIME=[42EA8A50:01C1111F] ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:32 PM Subject: autoconf error with /dev/ptmx > I've got a strange problem compiling stunnel-3.15 > > configure calls the following checks: > > AC_CHECK_FILE("/dev/ptmx", AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_DEV_PTMX)) > AC_CHECK_FILE("/dev/ptc", AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_DEV_PTS_AND_PTC)) > > The first check succeeds(!) and the second fails. That's because cygwin has a virtual /dev/ptmx and no /dev/ptc. You are getting the correct results. > ls -al /dev gives: > > total 0 > srwxrwxrwx 1 Administ None 15 Jun 19 2000 log > crw-rw-rw- 1 Everyone Everyone 19, 0 Jul 20 2001 null This is irrelevant :-/. Sorry. Rob > To fix this all I have to do is delete the HAVE_DEV_PTMX define in Makefile > but I would like to know what is going on. > > Thanks for any ideas > > John Jarvie > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/