Compiling emacs 22.1 from source

["Taras D" <taras dot di at gmail dot com>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to compile emacs 22.1 from source using Cygwin.

The install file says:

"`cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
      `configure' script:

   ./configure"

I do this, but I get the following errors:

./configure: line 12: $'\r': command not found
./configure: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `$'in\r''
./configure: line 23: `  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in
'

I searched for these errors on the internet, and found the following
(in the Cygwin FAQ):

You may get mysterious messages when bash reads your .bashrc or
.bash_profile, such as "\r command not found" (or similar). When you
get rid of empty lines, the complaints about "\r" disappears, but
probably other errors remain. What is going on? The answer may lie in
the fact that a text file (also called ASCII file) can come in two
formats: in DOS format or in UNIX format. Most editors can
automatically detect the formats and work properly in either format.
In the DOS format, a new line is represented by two characters: CR
(carriage return or ASCII code 13) and LF (line feed or ASCII code
15). In the UNIX format, a new line is represented by only one
character, LF. When your .bashrc file is read, bash thinks the extra
character is the name of a command, hence the error message. In Cygwin
or unix, you can convert a file INFILE in DOS format to a file OUTFILE
in Unix format by calling: > tr -d '\15' < INFILE > OUTFILE NOTE: If
you now compare the number of characters in INFILE and OUTFILE, you
will see that the latter has lost the correct number of characters
(i.e., the number of lines in INFILE): > wc INFILE OUTFILE

I tried this, but now get the error:

configure_dos_format: error: cannot run /bin/sh
/emacs_downloaded/emacs-22.1/config.sub

What is going wrong?

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