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From: "Polley Christopher W" <PolleyChristopherW@JohnDeere.com>
To: "'pgarceau@qwest.net'" <pgarceau@qwest.net>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: gcc not creating .exe
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:25:25 -0600
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Windows NT Ver 4.0 build 1381 Service Pack 5, but it looks like this is
intended behavior... see hash::add_subdirs in
...\winsup\cinstall\install.cc, ca. line 170.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul G. [SMTP:pgarceau@qwest.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:56 PM
> To:	cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject:	RE: gcc not creating .exe
> 
> Platform?
> 
> On 28 Nov 2001 at 10:38, Polley Christopher W wrote:
> 
> > This statement isn't entirely true.  I just did an experiment
> reinstalling
> > only bash, then ash; deleting before each time my /usr/local/bin,
> > /usr/local/etc, and /usr/local/lib directories.
> > 
> > Although no packages explicitly contain the /usr/local directory
> (according
> > to http://cygwin.com/packages/), on these reinstalls, the
> /usr/local/bin,
> > /usr/local/etc, and /usr/local/lib directories are created (empty)
> > (suprisingly, even if /usr/local is marked read-only)
> > 
> > So while there isn't anything installed under /usr/local, the mere
> existence
> > of a /usr/local tree doesn't, apparently, indicate an installation
> problem
> > (unless I'm doing something wrong... )
> > 
> 


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