From: "Ya'qub" <rick AT nct-active DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
References: <369A791D DOT 62DA3315 AT juno DOT com> <199901112251 DOT RAA07650 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <369A840C DOT 3634EBE AT juno DOT com>
Subject: Re: Revisited:  gcc.exe: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp'
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:31:11 -0000
Lines: 24
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3115.0
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3
NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.123.236.199
Message-ID: <369b85bb.0@nnrp1.news.uk.psi.net>
X-Trace: 12 Jan 1999 17:26:19 GMT, 193.123.236.199
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hello,

Dan Hensley wrote in message <369A840C DOT 3634EBE AT juno DOT com>...
>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
>

But it is in the FAQ! See section 22.20

Ya'qub