Thanks. I am wondering if cygwin can be setted to be able to access other directory using "//C" instead of "/C". so I send to this mail list.
thanks any way. Gang Lu On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > At 08:38 PM 4/2/2002, Gang Lu wrote: > > >I installed the cygwin under c:\cygwin. > >And a Repository is installed at c:\Repository. > > > >An application generate Makefile automatically: > > > >export REPOSITORY := /C/Repository/packages > > > >then the make always report: > > > >makefile:71: //C/Repository/packages/pkgconf/rules.mak: No such host or > >network path > > > >If I change "//C" to "/C", then it works. > > > >But there are so many such makefiles, I can not change them every time by > >hand. > > > >So what would be the reason for such a problem? > > > > Yes. It's apparently a problem with your makefiles. Looks like you're going > to need to figure out a way to fix the makefiles or tweak your application > that generates the makefile to remove first '/' in the definition of > REPOSITORY. Or just set REPOSITORY to exclude the first '/' before you > run the makefile. > > Unless I'm missing something, this does seem a bit off-topic. Is this really > specifically a problem with Cygwin? > > > > > > Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
