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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:56:13 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Mark Van De Vyver <mvdv AT bigfoot DOT com>
CC: Cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>, nso AT manbw DOT dk,
        "Craveiro, Marco" <Marco DOT Craveiro AT solvay DOT com>
Subject: Re: gcc-2.95.2-2 build problem (src tar ball problem?)
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Mark Van De Vyver wrote:
> 
> actually I've created common/liberty just about everywhere (they are not
> mounted - matters?)
> 
> /common/libiberty
> /src/common/libiberty
> /src/gcc-2.95.2-2/common/libiberty
> /usr/common/libiberty  (!)
> 

No no no. You don't need to create the *target* of the symlink. Create a
directory: 'gcc-2.95.2-2/libiberty'. Then, when tar tries to unpack the
symlink, *that* operation will fail, but then unpacking
gcc-2.95.2-2/libiberty/* will work okay.

--Chuck

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