From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 726 invoked by alias); 14 Nov 2001 18:50:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact sourcenav-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: sourcenav-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 702 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 18:50:46 -0000 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:20:00 -0000 Subject: Re: At hair pulling stage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v475) Cc: "'Jordan'" , sourcenav@sources.redhat.com To: Bernard Dautrevaux From: Syd Polk In-Reply-To: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E3A3@IIS000> Message-Id: <8092E564-D930-11D5-B62D-0050E4C09301@baritoneconsulting.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.475) X-SW-Source: 2001-q4/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 06:11 , Bernard Dautrevaux wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jordan [mailto:jordan.howarth@cmis.csiro.au] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:35 AM >> To: sourcenav@sources.redhat.com >> Subject: At hair pulling stage >> >> >> >> + SN 5.0 Windows binaries running on Win2000 >> + CYGWIN internet download last night >> >> >> SNav cannot find "rm", "g++" or any other cygwin based program. It can >> only find "make". I am assuming that SNav has its own version of make >> and so doesn't need to go looking for it. > > I don't know if SN was compiled for CYGWIN, or as a native WIN32 program > (tip: look at the DLLs needed by SN; if you don't find cygwin1.dll then > SN > is a pure WIN32 program). > > If SN is a pure WIN32 program then he will not be able to find > /usr/bin/rm, > as this file, when viewed from Windows, is "C:\cygwin\usr\bin\rm", > assuming > you installed cygwin in "C:\cygwin" as the installer propose it. SN is a pure Win 32 program. > > You must then put "C:\cygwin\usr\bin" in your Windows path, so that SN > will > be able to find the cygwin tools. > This is the correct diagnosis. The path must have Windows pathnames in it for SN to work. > HTH > > Bernard > > PS: Note that with old versions of Cygwin (back to the B20 era), this > was > not a problem as cygwin installed in the C: root directory by default; > you > also can install newer cygwins there, although you get bored by the > installer that will insist that this is "not recommended", while I never > understand what the problem may be (and I'm using it installed there > without > any problem for quite a long time). > >> >> /usr/bin is in both my cygwin and windows path, ie. "which rm" yields >> "/usr/bin/rm". >> >> What gives? I thought that SNav would drive of at least one of these >> paths. Please help me identify the fix for this error as premature >> balding is supposed to be a gift from nature not RH. >> >> Regards, >> >> J. >> >> >> P.S. Please Cc: me directly in the reply as I have not subscribed to >> the list, yet! >> >> >> -- >> Jordan Howarth > mailto:jordan.howarth@cmis.csiro.au > CSIRO p: (07) 3375 9632, (07) 3826 7314 > Mathematical and Information Sciences f: (07) 3826 7304 > > -=| For every truth there are a thousand lies |=- > > > -------------------------------------------- > Bernard Dautrevaux > Microprocess Ingenierie > 97 bis, rue de Colombes > 92400 COURBEVOIE > FRANCE > Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80 > Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85 > e-mail: dautrevaux@microprocess.com > b.dautrevaux@usa.net > -------------------------------------------- > > Syd Polk QA and Integration Manager, Mac OSX Development Tools +1 408 974-0577