From: reiter AT netspace DOT net DOT au (Peter Moulder)
Subject: Re: ncurses
27 Dec 1998 22:30:54 -0800
Message-ID: <m2iuey9fl1.fsf.cygnus.gnu-win32@forest.nuthouse.au>
References: <001101be3011$97efb940$4f2574c0 AT PCX DOT gefen DOT co DOT il>
To: moisei AT CS DOT bgu DOT ac DOT il
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, Paul Wilson <fwibbly AT earthlink DOT net>

Paul Wilson <fwibbly AT earthlink DOT net> writes:

> The problem with some GNU configure utils is that they pipe their
> commands to /dev/null. Last I tried to create a /dev/null using mknod, I
> couldn't create it with the exact major and minor device numbers, so
> creating /dev/null won't fix the problem. Just edit out the >/dev/null
> from the configure script where configure checks for gcc.

On b20.0 / NT, /dev/null does work even if ls doesn't see it.

Try doing `sh -x configure' instead of `./configure', to see what it
is trying to do and why it thinks gcc doesn't work.

(You might try Paul's suggestion first, though, just to check whether
I'm speaking garbage.)

pjm.
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