make: rm: command not found

[Chris Taylor]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 07:07:46PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>>On 10 February 2006 17:50, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 09:45:44AM -0800, JefV wrote:
>>>
>>>>I re-installed cygwin and it seems to be working now.  Strange.
>>>
>>>So, for those who keep track of such things, that's:
>>>
>>>One (1) reinstall to fix problems running "rm" under "make".
>>
>>Well, after all, it is only a /minor/ problem.
> 
> 
> Right.  I'm just thinking that we can probably add a "problem solving"
> section to setup.exe which did the reinstallation automatically.
> 
> Something along the lines of a "click here if you are having problems with
> a current installation" which would bring you to a screen that said:
> 
>   Type of problem:
> 
>       [.] "rm: command not found" under make
>       [ ] cron can't access remote shares
>       [ ] ssh not working (followed all instructions at pigtale.net)
>       [ ] ssh not working (followed all instructions at networksimpcity.net)
>       [ ] screen flashes when clicking on cygwin icon
>        .
>        .
>        .
> 
> Then setup.exe could know that, e.g., it takes one reinstall to fix the
> "rm" problem, four reinstalls to fix the pigtale.net ssh problem, and
> nine reinstalls to fix the networksimpcity.net ssh problem.
> 
> This will take additional time, of course, but the eventual result would
> be problem-free cygwin installations.
> 
> cgf
> 

Actually, there could be a good idea in amongst that ;)

Give setup the ability to run cygcheck, and have a problem-report 
submission section built into it.
Give them email address and description fields, and it could send the 
mail for them, thus eliminating the lack of a cygcheck (to an extent 
anyway, not everyone would follow this, of course)..

I know, I know, PTC... If I could, I would.


Chris
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