From: Dan Hensley <dansherryn AT juno DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Revisited:  gcc.exe: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp'
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:06:52 -0700
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
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DJ Delorie wrote:

> > I used pkunzip -d to install into c:\dev\djgpp
>
> Please don't install into /dev/.  DJGPP treats /dev/ specially, as it
> attempts to emulate the Unix device files normally found there.  Try a
> different directory.

Thanks for the quick reply!  Sure enough, that fixed the problem.  I
copied the directory tree over to c:\djgpp like everyone else.  Of all
things for me not to have tried, that was the one.  It's probably worth
adding that to the FAQ.

Dan