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RE: A failure to configure
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com, "Massimo Balestra" <massimobalestra at hotmail dot com>
- Subject: RE: A failure to configure
- From: "Alexander Stockdale" <astockdale at computer dot org>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 08:43:04 -0700
- Reply-to: astockdale at computer dot org
From: "Massimo Balestra" <massimobalestra@hotmail.com>
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: RE: A failure to configure
Date sent: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 09:04:04 CEST
> Seems I have the same problem.
>
> I need to compile perl from the normal perl 5.004_04 distribution file
> but I cannot do also the very first part of the installation procedure.
>
> When I run "sh configure", after a lot of questions it tells me that
> "gcc2 doesn't seem to be working".
>
> 'cc' is not in the path.
>
> I use (as in the perl 'readme.cygwin32' file) gcc2 (copied in a
> directory in the path) as c compiler.
>
> /bin is mounted in /CYGNUS/B19/HI386~1/BIN so it can find sh;
>
> when I run gcc2 from the command line it works (I tried to compile the
> same c program configure does;
>
> But when I run sh configure it tells me that "gcc2 doesn't seem to be
> working".
>
> NOTE: just before this error it shows "gcc2: permission denied"
>
> I tried to chmod 777 /<Path>/gcc2 but nothing change.
>
> Remember that if I run gcc2 from the command line it works.
>
> Seem that the "Permission denied" is on something else than gcc2 but
> what?
>
In the script named configure, try changing "/dev/null" to "configure.junk".
This cleared up a bunch of configure problems for me that sound similar to what
you are experiencing.
Alexander Stockdale
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