From: rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org (Parker, Ron) Subject: RE: Question concerning configure scripts 18 Jun 1998 01:15:42 -0700 Message-ID: <199806171932.MAA20653.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="---- =_NextPart_000_01BD9A27.2B83948C" To: astockdale AT computer DOT org, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD9A27.2B83948C Content-Type: text/plain I have had this problem with some configure scripts as well. The exact nature of the problem was that the system was trying to stat() /dev/null. Which does not actually exist. My solution was to use the standard command prompt to create an almost empty file. On my machine E:\Unix is mounted as root, "/". So I did the following: e: cd \unix mkdir dev echo.>dev\null Using the period immediately following "echo" cause echo to output an empty line. This gives a two-byte, CR/LF, /dev/null file that can be stat'ed. -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Stockdale [mailto:astockdale AT computer DOT org] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 8:07 AM To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Subject: Question concerning configure scripts I asked this question before, but received no response. Has anyone else experienced problems with the use of /dev/null in configure scripts? In particular I find I have problems with gcc -E commands if the STDERR is piped to /dev/null. I work around it by changing /dev/null to a junk file, which allows me to proceed. Anyone have any ideas? 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