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RE: Where to get cygwin's gmake sources, and does it build without errors?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Sandy Currier
> Sent: 19 April 2004 16:22


> However, the native gmake CVS distribution fails 6 make tests when I
> build it under cygwin.  The maintainer of gmake claims that 
> FSF does not
> support make under cygwin, basically only because he has not seen the
> modifications that the 'cygwin' community has made to gmake.
> 
> I have looked for the cygwin gmake sources for the cygwin 
> distribution,
> but cannot find them on the web.

  You don't.  You run the cygwin setup application instead, and tick the
little box in the 'Src' column next to make.  That downloads the sources for
whatever version corresponds to the version of make you have installed,
unpacking them under /usr/src/....

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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