1.5.17: problem building GNU screen

[Andrew Schulman]

> I found a problem building GNU screen on cygwin 1.5.17.
> Invoking ./configure leads to produce below error message.
> 
>>rm: cannot remove `conftext.exe': Permission denied.

IIRC I encountered this problem during the test for a broken FIFO
implementation.  As it turns out, Cygwin's FIFO implementation is broken
(http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-04/msg00163.html), but the test in
configure doesn't detect this.  So, my solution was just to remove this
test from the configure script and set fifo= .  This also solved the
leftover process problem.  Try applying the attached patch, and rerunning
configure.

Also, a test package of screen is available.  You may find it easier just to
run it instead.  See http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-06/msg00608.html for
a recent update.

Good luck,
Andrew.

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