Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Chris Faylor Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:16:37 -0400 To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: BUG REPORT: Latest snapshots break ./configure Message-ID: <20000511141637.C929@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cgf AT cygnus DOT com, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com References: <20000510153545 DOT C890 AT cygnus DOT com> <000901bfbb66$7c7d54b0$3501a8c0 AT braemarinc DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.12i In-Reply-To: <000901bfbb66$7c7d54b0$3501a8c0@braemarinc.com>; from tiberius@braemarinc.com on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 11:32:22AM -0500 On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 11:32:22AM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >> On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 02:04:38PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >>>It appears that the latest snapshots break ./configure's. >>>They mostly work, but when they get to the point of actually generating >>>makefiles, sed errors out with 'unrecognized command' errors. I have >>>not been able to track down the exact cause of this. >>> >>>The 2000-4-10 snapshot works fine, the 2000-5-6 and later ones don't. >>>I'll let the class know if/when I can narrow it down further. >> >>You might want to check the mailing list archives for previous reports >>of this problem. They all seem to be related to the fact that the new >>net release mounts things in "binary" mode now. >> > >No, it doesn't seem to be related to that, at least not directly. I've >got the new net release, and everything's fine as long as I don't use >too new of a snapshot. You might want to check the mailing list archives for previous reports of this problem with relation to newer snapshots. They all seem to be related the the fact that the new net release mounts things in "binary" mode now. The problems that you are reporting are related to this problem 99.999999999% of the time. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com