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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Followup to Re: Unable to build cygwin from cvs sources
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 15:28:50 +1000
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At the end of the cvs webpage it does note:

"Please refer to the FAQ for information on building cygwin. Hint: You need
to configure and build in a separate directory from the source."

Perhaps that could be expanded to include Earnie's steps? or just made a bit
more noticeable (I overlooked it as well).

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Paulson" <munch AT powertv DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Followup to Re: Unable to build cygwin from cvs sources


> After some email with Earnie Boyd (earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com),
> I was successful in building from cvs.  I did as he suggested:
>
> >In the parent of src
> >mkdir bld
> >cd bld
> >../src/configure --prefix=/usr
> >make
>
> and the build succeeded.  My question is, how do we fix
> the cygwin (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/cvs.html)
> web page, where the instructions are:
>
> >bash$ cvs login
> >(Logging in to anoncvs AT anoncvs DOT cygnus DOT com)
> >CVS password: anoncvs
> >bash$ cvs checkout winsup
>
> and then I did the usual build thing, which was to
>
>      cd src
>      ./configure
>      make
>
> which produced the original problems with "install-sh not found".
>
> ----------------------------
> John Paulson
> PowerTV, Inc.
> Tel: 408/777-4769
> Fax: 408/777-0176
> mailto:paulson AT powertv DOT com
> http://www.powertv.com/
>
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