From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Re: problem with symbolic links across filesystems 22 Aug 1998 19:30:19 -0700 Message-ID: <19980822173944.B28401.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: N8TM AT aol DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 03:33:49PM -0400, N8TM AT aol DOT com wrote: >In a message dated 8/22/98 12:16:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cgf AT cygnus DOT com >writes: > >> Use the cygwin nomenclature for referencing disks devices: >> >> ln -s //d/da/db //c/ca/cb > > >This procedure also is the right one for specifying the --prefix for >installing binutils using bash as /bin/sh under NT. Right. If you use something like "d:/usr/local/bin" you'll confuse configure. It will think that this refers to a "d:" directory in current directory. -- cgf AT cygnus DOT com "Everything has a boolean value, if you stand http://www.cygnus.com/ far enough away from it." -- Galena Alyson Canada - 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".