From: jeff DOT paulsen AT poorman-douglas DOT com (Jeff Paulsen) Subject: Strange problem with XEmacs ./configure 6 Jun 1998 07:27:02 -0700 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: "'xemacs-nt AT xemacs DOT org'" , "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" This is what I get: /usr/src/xemacs-21.0-b42$ ./configure : Usage error: The directory specified with the `--srcdir' option, ', doesn't seem to contain the XEmacs sources. You should ' script at the top of the XEmacs source tree, or use the `--srcdir' option to specify the XEmacs source directory. --help' to show usage. The configure script should not produce output like this; this is the relevant section of it. if test ! -f "$srcdir/src/lisp.h" -o \ ! -f "$srcdir/lisp/version.el" ; then (echo "$progname: Usage error:" echo " " "The directory specified with the \`--srcdir' option, \`$srcdir', doesn't seem to contain the XEmacs sources. You should either run the \`$progname' script at the top of the XEmacs source tree, or use the \`--srcdir' option to specify the XEmacs source directory." echo " Use \`$progname --help' to show usage.") >&2 && exit 1 I have reinstalled both the XEmacs source and Cygwin b19.2; here is a uname -a /usr/src/xemacs-21.0-b42$ uname -a CYGWIN32_95 JEFF-PAULSEN 4.0 19.2 i586 unknown Anyone have ANY idea what this is about? -- Jeff Paulsen jeff DOT paulsen AT poorman-douglas DOT 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".