X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:12:32 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: flex: exec failed? (root install/mount) Message-ID: <20080718081232.GD5675@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 Jul 16 19:33, Jay wrote: > > configure:10596: /obj/gcc.5/i686-pc-cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/build-i686-pc-cygwin/flex/flex conftest.l > strace: error creating process D:\\obj/gcc.5/i686-pc-cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/build-i686-pc-cygwin/flex/flex, (error 3) > > which indicates the problem is: > > $ mount > d:\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) > d:\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) > d: on / type system (binmode) > c: on /cygdrive/c type system (binmode,noumount) > > > d: is being interpeted, as it is on Win32, as the current directory on drive d, and not, as intended here, as the root of d. This is never the case in Cygwin. The above error message occurs in strace, which is not a Cygwin application, but a native Win32 application. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/