Re: make scripts on Windows (cygwin)

[Federico Bruni]

2012/10/21 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Federico Bruni <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> [..]
>>
>> I've installed Cygwin and the packages needed for compiling (well, I
>> hope so).
>
> If you are not interested in wasting the rest of your week (and probably
> the next month) throwing good time after bad time fighting things that
> almost, but not quite work, you should seriously give LilyDev a try.
> Its main motivation is not having gcc available (that one is perfectly
> available standalone on Windows) but rather all the little things when
> you "just need to be able to run some make commands".
>

I've installed LilyDev: very easy and fast (except for 1 GB download).

> Disclaimer: I have not touched either Windows, Cygwin, or virtual
> environments for years.  But I still habe the scars to show.
>

:-)

>> But I get an error when I run configure:
>>
>> $ ./configure
>> configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh stepmake/bin/config.sub
>>
>> $ sh
>> sh.exe          shasum          shimeng.dll     shrpubw.exe
>> sha1sum.exe     shdocvw.dll     shimgvw.dll     shsetup.dll
>> sha224sum.exe   shell32.dll     shlwapi.dll     shsvcs.dll
>> sha256sum.exe   shellstyle.dll  shmtool.exe     shuf.exe
>> sha384sum.exe   shfolder.dll    shopt           shunimpl.dll
>> sha512sum.exe   shgina.dll      shpafact.dll    shutdown.exe
>> shacct.dll      shift           shred.exe       shwebsvc.dll
>>
>> $ sh configure
>> configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh stepmake/bin/config.sub
>>
>>
>> Can any Windows user help me?
>
> Well, Cygwin has an idea of where /bin is situated.  ls /bin might tell
> you that.  Or maybe not.
>

yes, he knows it and sh is there:

$ ls /bin | grep ^sh
sh.exe
sha1sum.exe
sha224sum.exe
sha256sum.exe
sha384sum.exe
sha512sum.exe
shasum
shmtool.exe
shred.exe
shuf.exe

No idea why it can't run that command.
Nevermind, I'll use LilyDev.