X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:34:50 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: configure command does not run.... d2u does not help either... appreciation from Dave Message-ID: <20071130213450.GB24092@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <777032.1923.qm@web53105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <777032.1923.qm@web53105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 11:41:56AM -0800, MasterOfSw wrote: >> >> I am trying to compile a package called "meep" by means of cygwin. >> >> While running the configure command I get an error as: >> >> >> >> ./configure: line 13: $'r': command not found >> > >> >Guess #1: Don't use WinZIP (or any other windows GUI program) >> to >> > unpack >> >.tar.gz files for Cygwin, because they mangle the line ends from LF >> to >> > CRLF. >> >Use "tar xvzf meep-0.10.1.tar.gz" in a bash shell instead. >> > > >I run into this exact thing all the time and still forget to NOT use the Windows un-tar utility. > >I don't know why d2u doesn't work though, if it really is just a LF/CRLF problem. >I can use the Windows tar functions for non-cygwin related items. Just not with cygwin. You probably just haven't installed/uninstalled enough. After a while Cygwin just gets tired, gives up, and quietly executes files extracted with winzip. cgf -- 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/