From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: Problems with 'bash' 3 Dec 1997 04:11:45 -0800 Message-ID: <19971203042259.362.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: periat AT ens DOT ascom DOT ch Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi Henri, I wanted to give you the URL for the coolview updates. It is http://www.lexa.ru/sos; this sight is managed by Sergey Okhapkin. As for your problem; I suspect the build of perl that you have. You might want to check the mail archives at http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32 Goodluck, - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- PS: Hope you don't mind that I also posted this to the list. >Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 13:43:42 +0100 >From: periat AT ens DOT ascom DOT ch (Periat Henri) >To: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com >Subject: Re: Problems with 'bash' > >Hi Earnie > >> >> > >> >> >1. Why does perl -e 'print "Hello world\n";' doesn't work ? >> >> > I't works fine on in my 'bash' on my UNIX system. >> >> > I also know that a workaround exists with 'qq', thanks to Perl, >> but >> >> > this is just a simple example. It seems that 'bash' hates '"'. >> >> > >> >> I just tried the perl example you gave using virgin b18 and the perl >> package I downloaded from the gnu mirrors and built with the gnu-win32 >> gcc package and it worked just fine. > >I use the binary package of b18 and the Perl binary package >perl5.00402-bindist04-bc. The error message i get is very strange: >Can't locate method "hello" via package "world" at -e line 1. > >But it works fine from DOS command line. > >> >> I don't recall that perl comes with the cdk.exe package. >> >> >> > >> >> >2. The 'make' can't handle DOS paths like 'C:/foo' in 'VPATH' >> >> > In the FAQ i found the workaround for this problem: '//C/foo'. >> >> > But programs i call from the Makefile can't deal with such paths. >> >> > Who can i make things like this working: >> >> > >> >> > %.o: %.c >> >> > program $< >> >> > >> >> Are your directory mounts in text=binary mode? Do you have the coolview >> updates from Sergey? Are you sure that the make you are executing is >> the one from gnu-win32? To find out which program is being executed >> from bash do "type -all make". > >- Perl and all the gnu tools reside in 'C:/usr' and this directory is mounted > with 'mount -b C:/usr /usr'. > >- No i don't have any updates. What are these for and where do i get them ? > >- Yes i'm sure. 'make -v' shows version 3.75, but mention nothing about > cygnus. > >- 'bash%type -all make' tells me, that it found make in /usr/local/bin. > Where i expect it. > >- Maybe i was not precise enough what kind o programs i meant: no gnu programs, > like a cross compiler from CAD-UL > > >Thanks a lot for your help so far >Henri > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".