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Re: X11 and stuff
- To: jik- <fract at sprintmail dot com>
- Subject: Re: X11 and stuff
- From: David Fox <dsfox at cogsci dot ucsd dot edu>
- Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:14:16 -0700
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <3621E318.76904AC3@sprintmail.com>
jik- <fract@sprintmail.com> writes:
> I am trying to compile X11 libs and can't do it....
> 1) the patch would not apply correctly, so I edited all the files by
> hand :\ Almost every hunk failed! I even tried Linux patch...
> 2) even then it would not compile..."Makefile.proto: missing seperator
> line 27" etc....
> This is at a line which says "XCOMM" and had a tailing ^M which I
> removed with a perl script and it got worst :\ Instead of ignoring it
> and trying to continue, it just stopped right there..
These are symptoms that your ascii files have been converted to
DOS format - each newline now has a carriage return (^M) before it.
You need to set "export CYGWIN32=binmode" before you start doing
editing and patching.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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