From: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: MESA3D compiling problem
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:57:04 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 May 2000, Jason Green wrote:
> 
> > > This is because you use Fileutils compiled with DJGPP v2.01, where the 
> > > magic string /dev/env is not supported yet.  You can rebuild Fileutils 
> > > from sources using DJGPP v2.03, and then you will get `mkdir' that can 
> > > handle /dev/env (it will still create /dev and ./env directories, but 
> > > that's a minor nuisance; the installation step will work regardless).
> > 
> > Hmmm, that is what I thought.  So I *did* rebuild fileutils with v2.03
> > and the problem persisted.
> 
> Try the following command and tell if it created a directory `foo'
> under your main DJGPP installation directory:
> 
>       gmkdir /dev/env/DJDIR/foo

Unfortunately, when rebuilding fileutils failed to solve the problem I
decided to re-install the original fileutils binaries.

As soon as I am able, I will rebuild fileutils and then try to build
MESA again.  If the problem still occurs I'll report it here.