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Subject: Re: FAQ on installing a build from source ?
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 12:16:52AM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> fred wrote:
>> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>>> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> My WAG is that you're building in the source directory which, as the FAQ
>>> says, is a no-no.
>>>
>> ok thanks, but what your saying is that still up to date ?
>
> Yes.

In particular what you find if you go to the FAQ and search for "build"
twice:

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin

cgf

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