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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:36:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems
To: "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com>,
        "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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Which version of the Cygwin1.dll do you have.  Paste the output of `cygcheck -s
-v -r' in a mail.

--- "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com> wrote:
> I am having a problem with bash and tar and I think it is just a
> configuration issue.
> 
> My mounting structure is as follows:
> Device           Directory           Type        Flags
> e:               /e                  native      text!=binary
> d:               /d                  native      text!=binary
> c:               /c                  native      text!=binary
> c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\usr\bin /bin                native      text!=binary
> c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20 /                   native      text!=binary
> 
> When I cd into / and execute "tar zxvf
> e:/gnu/Downloads/gcc-2.95.2-cygb20.tar.gz ", I get the following error:
> 
> tar (grandchild): Cannot execute remote shell: No such file or directory
> tar (grandchild): Cannot open archive
> e:/gnu/Downloads/gcc-2.95.2-cygb20.tar.gz: I/O error
> tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> 
> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> What have I set up incorrectly in bash?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 9:18 AM
> To: Boyer,Galen; 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
> Subject: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems
> 
> 
> Sorry, I was unaware that the link at sourceware was to the ftp directory.
> Try
> this one instead:
> 
> http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/index.html
> 
> RedHat/Cygnus could we update the pointer at the cygwin page please.
> 
> Earnie.
> 
> --- "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com> wrote:
> > Okay,
> > 
> > http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ is where I got my gcc-2.95.1 from so
> I
> > was not completely out of the loop.  I am at least referencing the correct
> > pages for software to download.  I downloaded, bunzipped and then followed
> > instructions.  They started with:
> > 
> > The installation procedure is broken into five steps.
> > 
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > downloading the source
> > configure
> > build
> > test (optional)
> > install
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > INSTALLING GCC: CONFIGURATION
> > Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
> This
> > document describes the recommended configuration procedure for both native
> > and cross targets.
> > We use srcdir to refer to the toplevel source directory for GCC; we use
> > objdir to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > To configure GCC:
> > 
> > % mkdir objdir
> > % cd objdir
> > % srcdir/configure [target] [options]
> > target specification
> > 
> > I did not make an objdir, but instead guessed that
> > c:/cygnus/cygwin-b20/usr/local was the objdir I needed. (Am I wrong here?)
> > I then configured from the directory c:/cygnus/cygwin-b20/usr/local.  That
> > was successful.
> > 
> > The next part of the documentation read:
> > 
> > INSTALLING GCC: BUILDING
> > Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
> runtime
> > libraries.
> > 
> > Building a native compiler
> > For a native build issue the command `make bootstrap'. This will build the
> > entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
> > 
> > I did this command in the local directory, and this is where I am stuck as
> > referenced before.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 9:00 AM
> > To: Boyer,Galen; 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
> > Subject: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com> wrote:
> > > There is a prebuilt version?  I thought I had to do this until the gcj
> > > became part of the distribution with Emacs.  A prebuilt version would be
> > > alot easier.  Is there a quick way to find this on the cygwin site, or
> do
> > I
> > > need to search a users group, ... ?  
> > > 
> > 
> > Check the ported software column at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
> > 
> > > BTW, What should I pay attention to so that I know where prebuilts of
> > > anything are?  I have subscribed to the cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com and
> > > ntemacs-users AT cs DOT washington DOT edu for a while now.  Have announcements
> come
> > > out and I have just missed them?  Maybe it is because Outlook limits my
> > > ability to find and organize things.  (I have been Ctrl-A anything that
> > > looks useful and then Alt-Tab'n to Emacs for saving these in text files
> > with
> > > the same emails of like topics.  I know that sure isn't the way to go,
> but
> > > it is my way of keeping good things around for when I have time to try
> and
> > > implement them)
> > > 
> > > Once I get this gcj thing going, I will tackle gnus and mail, but I have
> > > read a few horror stories of people trying to use mail and getting
> > > everything POP'd off their server and not being able to read there mail
> > > through Outlook anymore.  Didn't want that to happen, so I have sort of
> > > shied away from it.
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, this has been ported also.
> > 
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