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From: "McDermott, Alastair" <Alastair DOT McDermott AT softwareag DOT com>
To: michael-ring AT t-online DOT de
Cc: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: RE: Problems building autoconf
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:38:13 +0200
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Hi Michael,

> Aargh....

Tell me about it! :-)
 
> please do a sh -x ./configure --prefix=/usr >autoconf.log
> I saw that you configured from //e/ which means that you are using
> textmode (Cygwin's default for drives)
> 
> could you please make sure that / is mounted binary amd then create a
> directory test and unpack autoconf to this dir.
> Perhaps it works on a binary mount. Do this test before doing the sh
> -x thing.

Hah, well what should I have expected? It worked! :-)
So the problem was that autoconf must be installed onto a binary mode drive
... doh. 

> May the force be with you

I think I owe you a couple of pints of Guinness next time you're in Dublin!

Thanks,
Alastair.

--
Alastair McDermott,
Software AG R&D Ireland Ltd.


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