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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:31:39 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Cliff Hones <cliff AT aonix DOT co DOT uk>
CC: gahan AT heros DOT knurow DOT tpsa DOT pl, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cannot create executables / can't find libz.dll
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Cliff Hones wrote:

> gahan AT heros DOT knurow DOT tpsa DOT pl wrote:
> 
> 
>>1.When i'm trying to compile something i see error: [cut] cannot creat 
>>exec [cut]. what i need to do?
>>
> 
> For a start, read the documentation and FAQ, and if that doesn't help
> give us more information.  Did you do a full cygwin install?  Is it all
> up to date?  What command did you use to invoke the compiler?  What
> was the full error message?
> 
> 
>>2. i tried to install mc from rpm [rpm -i mc-version.rpm] and i see error: 
>>cant find DLL file: libz.dll. im sure that i have this file, named 
>>libz.dll.a, when im reanming libz.dll.a to libz.dll then i see error: 
>>error in file [cut]. why???
>>
> 
> Again, more info needed - we aren't mind-readers. rpm packages aren't
> part of the official Cygwin distribution, so you will probably need
> to raise the problem with whoever supplied it to you.  You shouldn't
> rename libz.dll.a - that is *not* the same thing at all as libz.dll.
> I think libz.dll should be part of the Cygwin xfree installation, and
> this is the wrong list for xfree queries.

Your mc package is very old -- "libz.dll" is no longer supplied, and 
anything built on cygwin in the last eight months would require the NEW 
name, "cygz.dll".  "libz.dll" is not supplied by cygwin-XFree86 either.

The only thing I can suggest is to download the -src.rpm and rebuild it 
yourself.

--Chuck



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