X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: "'Cygwin Mailing List'" Subject: RE: Compiling ping Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:08:30 +0100 Message-ID: <02f701c6dd1a$74abeb70$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <000301c6dd15$abfbb790$0100a8c0@JIREH> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 21 September 2006 01:34, Stephen Grant Brown wrote: > Howdy all, > In compiling ping I get the following errors > > /bin/sh: mdtype: command not found > /bin/sh: ostype: command not found > > Where do I find these files. You don't. You use the build script instead of manually unpacking the archive and running "make". It replaces the upstream makefile with one that doesn't use mdtype or ostype. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/