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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:09:18 -0800
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From: Dan Browning <dbml AT kavod DOT com>
Subject: Re: ./config -luser32 error, but libuser32.a is in the
  usr/lib/w32api directory 
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At 08:56 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:52 PM 3/20/2002, Dan Browning wrote:
> >At 05:36 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >>At 07:27 PM 3/20/2002, Luke J Crook wrote:
> >> >Thanks for the help guys, I read the the FAQ and have since uninstalled
> >> >Ruby, and deleted everythin in the the c:\Cygwin directory. I decided to
> >> >start from scratch.
> >> >
> >> >However, even after re-installing Cygwin, I still have the same 
> problem as I
> >> >described previously... ld can't find -luser32. Could this be a 
> possible bug
> >> >in the installer?
> >> >
> >> >The only way I can fix this is by copying the contents of /usr/lib/w32api
> >> >into /lib and /usr/lib.
> >> >
> >> >-Luke
> >>
> >>Ditto.
> >>
> >>#################################################
> >>##  Steps to reproduce:
> >>#################################################
> >>
> >>* Remove old cygwin ("del /s /q c:\cygwin")
> >>
> >>* Install "All" using the new cygwin installer
> >>
> >>#################################################
> >>##  Symptoms
> >>#################################################
> >>
> >>* luser32 is nowhere to be found.  (unlike Luke, I do not have a 
> "/usr/lib/w32api" directory).
> >
> >Correction:
> >
> >The "c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api" DOES actually exist in windows, but I 
> could not access that directory within the cygwin shell:
> >
> >$ cd /usr/lib/w32api
> >bash: cd: /usr/lib/w32api: No such file or directory
> >
> >However, if I copy "c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api" to c:\cygwin\lib, then 
> everything works (like what Luke said).
> >
> >So what I think we're dealing with here is, "why can't cygwin see the 
> c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api directory"?
>
>
>Sounds like a permissions problem to me.  What does ls -l /usr/lib/w32api
>show?

<I'll try to remember to do reply all instead of reply next time>

$ ls -l /usr/lib/w32api
ls: /usr/lib/w32api: No such file or directory

Perhaps it has something to do with the /usr/lib -> /lib 
mounting?  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC61


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