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Dear cygwin mailinglist,

I'm trying to use m4 (from Interpreters m4 package) in cygwin 1.7.
The executable does not show any reaction when I launch
/usr/bin/m4(.exe) --version or --help or some.m4
I installed the former version - no output either.

I tried several older versions and tracked it down to 1.4.5.
Version 1.4.4 shows output and consumes *.m4 files correctly. Since 
version 1.4.5 (including current 1.4.15) I do not get any feedback from m4.

ossy AT myhost /usr/src/m4-1.4.5
$ ./configure;make;make install
ossy AT myhost /usr/src/m4-1.4.5
$ /usr/local/bin/m4.exe --version

(expected some reaction here, but falling back to command line silently)

ossy AT myhost /usr/src/m4-1.4.5
$ make uninstall
Making uninstall in .
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/m4-1.4.5'
[..]
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/m4-1.4.5/checks'

ossy AT myhost /usr/src/m4-1.4.5
$ cd ../m4-1.4.4/

ossy AT myhost /usr/src/m4-1.4.4
$ make install
for subdir in doc lib src checks examples; do \
[..]
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/m4-1.4.4/examples'

ossy AT myhost /usr/src/m4-1.4.4
$ /usr/local/bin/m4.exe --version
GNU M4 1.4.4
Written by Rene' Seindal.

Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


This version 1.4.4 shows correct behaviour, but the packages I try to 
compile complain about at least version 1.4.10.

Environment: Windows XP SP3 - local admin account.

Thanks for any hint with this.

Regards,
Ossy

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