Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-Id: <4.1.20000612170439.01eccad0@pop.mathworks.com> X-Sender: paulk@pop.mathworks.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:11:09 -0400 To: Jason Tishler From: Paul Kinnucan Subject: Re: Make and javac compliler problem in bash Cc: Woody Jin , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <39454E91.B90A7F72@dothill.com> References: <4.2.2.20000612100114.00b2faa0@gqserver.houston.geoquest.sl b.com> <4.2.2.20000612131311.00b313c0@gqserver.houston.geoquest.slb.com> <4.1.20000612153046.0249a5f0@pop.mathworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 04:56 PM 6/12/00 -0400, Jason Tishler wrote: >Paul, > >Paul Kinnucan wrote: >> The Windows version of javac does not support paths that BEGIN with a >> forward slash. > >The Windows version of Sun's javac does support paths that begin with >a forward slash. Although, it will only interpret the path relative to >the current drive letter. > I didn't know that. I'll check it out. Thanks for pointing this out. >> That is the crux of Jin's complaint. > >It certainly will not use Cygwin's mount table -- maybe this is the >crux of Jin's problem. > Perhaps, although he said nothing to indicate this. >> Yes, but have you run the Cygnus version of GNU make on Windows/NT? The >> Cygnus version of GNU make is a version that has been modified to run in >> two modes: Windows mode and Unix mode. See the Cygnus FAQ for more >> information. I've generally had the most success running the Cygnus >> version when I run it in UNIX mode. > >I have from b17 to b20.1 (and soon on 1.1.2), but only in UNIX mode. > >Due to desiring tolerance of \r\n in makefiles, I decided to upgrade >from Cygwin make 3.77 to GNU make 3.79. It built OOTB without any >fuss. And since I'm only interested in UNIX mode, I didn't notice any >issues (ie, lack of the Windows mode). The Windows mode, which I assume Jin is running, uses the native Windows command shell to launch executables. I'm guessing that running make in Windows mode from a Unix shell (i.e., bash) is going to run into standard I/O problems, which is what Jin seems to be experiencing. - Paul -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com