From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer) Subject: Re: Problem running configure scripts in gnu-win32 9 Jun 1998 01:42:34 -0700 Message-ID: <19980609001523.B6515.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> References: <006901bd9289$0dd9e300$395dcfa9 AT mpolinsk DOT execpc DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: "Michael C. Polinske" Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Follow the ported software link on our project page: http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32 Michael Hirmke's list explains how to build ncurses... -gjn On Sun, Jun 07, 1998 at 09:54:46PM -0500, Michael C. Polinske wrote: > I am a brand new user of gnu-win32 and very new to C/C++. > > What I want to do is build the new beta version of NcFTP 3.0 beta 12, unfortunately I haven't found any Win32 binaries for it yet. > > I downloaded the cdk.exe from ftp.cygnus.com and installed it on my system without any problems. > > But now I'm trying to build the ncurses and readline for NcFTP. > Here is what happens when I type the following: sh ./configure -target=i586-pc-cygwin32 > > > loading cache ./config.cache > Configuring NCURSES 4.2 ABI 4 (Sun Jun 7 21:21:39 1998) > configure: error: can not run ./config.sub > > If I type in: sh ./config.sub i586 > It returns > i586-pc-none > > So, I'm assuming config.sub is working. > > Are there any books available about gnu-win32 that can help me out with problems like this? > > What am I doing wrong? > > I've also tried to run the configure script with readline but I get the message that it can't run ./support/config.sub. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Michael C. Polinske | This is the day the LORD has made; > 5730 N 68th St | Let us rejoice and be glad!! Psalm 118:24 [NIV] > Milwaukee, WI 53218 |------------------------------------------------ > mailto:mpolinsk AT execpc DOT com | Phone: (414) 463-6846 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Come to the WELS for new life in the living word! > -- Geoffrey Noer noer AT cygnus 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".