From: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter) Subject: Re: configure goes into recursion 9 Mar 1997 18:11:53 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33235337.2554.cygnus.gnu-win32@netcom.com> References: <199703092038 DOT VAA05763 AT nl DOT cis DOT philips DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: wiljan Original-CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com wiljan wrote: > > I found my problem. > Because I was missing grep.exe That's because you didn't use the tar that came with the distribution to unpack the distirbution, like the installation notes tell you to, and thus symbolic links were not restored. > I copied zgrep.exe to grep.exe. > This causes configure to go into recursion. Gee, no kidding. head -4 zgrep.exe : : #!/bin/sh # zgrep -- a wrapper around a grep program that decompresses files as needed -- - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".