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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:34:09 -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 09:11 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>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

I see you've mentioned that before 
(http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-04/msg00767.html) to some other 
hapless soul, but what do you recommend as a fix?


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