From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: mkpasswd (434): [31] A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:52:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100807225241.GA2312@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C5DC614.7040105@tlinx.org>
On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 01:46:12PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>
>> It's possible, sure. I expect it's pretty obvious where you might want to
>> make such a change in mkpasswd.c if you're so inclined.
>
>Inclined is FAR from the issue.
>
>I've tried to build cygwin at least 3 times and never been able to get
>it to make. It's a non-starter. There are no build instructions
>laying out what is needed to build it. There seems to be some
>presumption about what I have in my environment, that just isn't so. I
>mentioned it each time, but received no response -- as though I'm just
>expected to know -- which is the same problem -- assumption of some
>environment that I don't have.
You keep mentioning this as if you're expecting a response which will
provide you with pinpoint instructions to deal with your situation
without the requirement of providing little things like error messages.
"Non-starter" is not a bug report.
We do have a FAQ about building Cygwin so if it is not complete then
what you *should* be doing is offering suggestions about what is missing
rather than just repeated fact-free "I can't build it" complaintes here.
cgf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-07 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-30 11:32 Linda Walsh
2010-07-30 16:15 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2010-08-02 23:19 ` Linda Walsh
2010-08-02 23:44 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2010-08-07 20:46 ` Linda Walsh
2010-08-07 22:52 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2010-08-08 23:51 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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