From: reiter@netspace.net.au (Peter Moulder) Subject: Re: ncurses 27 Dec 1998 22:30:54 -0800 Message-ID: References: <001101be3011$97efb940$4f2574c0@PCX.gefen.co.il> To: moisei@CS.bgu.ac.il Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com, Paul Wilson Paul Wilson writes: > The problem with some GNU configure utils is that they pipe their > commands to /dev/null. Last I tried to create a /dev/null using mknod, I > couldn't create it with the exact major and minor device numbers, so > creating /dev/null won't fix the problem. Just edit out the >/dev/null > from the configure script where configure checks for gcc. On b20.0 / NT, /dev/null does work even if ls doesn't see it. Try doing `sh -x configure' instead of `./configure', to see what it is trying to do and why it thinks gcc doesn't work. (You might try Paul's suggestion first, though, just to check whether I'm speaking garbage.) pjm. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".