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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:11:21 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: ./config -luser32 error, but libuser32.a is in the usr/lib/w32api directory
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:52:18PM -0800, Dan Browning wrote:
>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).

Wow.  How many times are we going to repeat the fact that copying files
inappropriately "solves" the problem?

Maybe we need a new newsgroup
"cygwin-copied-w32api-to-lib-and-it-works-dammit AT cygwin DOT com"

>So what I think we're dealing with here is, "why can't cygwin see the 
>c:\cygwin\usr\lib\w32api directory"?

Because your mount table is screwed up.

cgf

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