> From: Peter J. Stieber > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:37 AM
<SNIP> > > ../src/configure --prefix=/usr/install --enable-debugging -v > > ^ > > no 'winsup' > > Thanks Chris, > > I think I foolishly picked this up from some misinformation in the mailing > list thread "Can't build cygwin from CVS: configure error", but the > documentation on http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC104 is > perfectly clear. > Just didn't notice the difference myself. > > Thanks again, > Pete IIRC, that thread had at least one specific cause; there was a temporary cvs (databease?) error. This error caused the "top" configure to not appear after an initial cvs checkout (i.e. on an empty /src dir). Reading the docs and FAQ is essential, though beeing a bit sparse at times they still are correct - in hindsight. I've been fighting this sparseness to some extent ;-) (HI CGF!) In telecom terms; IMO there needs to be a slight redundancy in the data transmitted via the docs. Thus allowing for error checking and possibly even correction on errors. In general terms this means; add a word or two after a group of instructions to tell what the outcome of the instruction group _should_ give as result. And for CGF; this was NOT a "the docs are bad" inlay, it was one that lobbies for improvements. ;-) /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E -- printf("LocalTime: UTC+%02d\n",(DST)? 2:1); -- --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
