From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: Huang Qiang Cc: eCos Subject: Re: [ECOS] Question About mount command for building development tools Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 09:39:00 -0000 Message-id: <3AFC15D0.402E01D@redhat.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-05/msg00151.html Huang Qiang wrote: > > All users of Cygwin should verify that their /tmp directory (or the > directory specified by the TMPDIR, TMP or TEMP environment variables) is > mounted in binary mode. If this is not the case the patches will apply, but > the build will later fail. You may verify this using the Cygwin mount > command. If /tmp is not explicitly listed, the entry for / will be used. If > it says "textmode" for this entry, use the following command from a Cygwin > bash prompt: > > mount -f -b c:/cygwin/tmp /tmp > > You may need to substitute another path for c:/cygwin if Cygwin was > installed to another directory. > > Q: How could I check which is the directory specified by the TMPDIR, TMP or > TEMP environment variables? which should be textmode which shold be binary > mode? echo $TMPDIR echo $TMP echo $TEMP If any of these are set, make sure they are mounted in binary mode. If none of them are set, make sure /tmp is mounted in binary mode. Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062 Maybe this world is another planet's Hell -Aldous Huxley || Opinions==mine