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Re: Can't get binutils to build on Cygwin
- From: "malanda at freeuk dot com" <malanda at freeuk dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Cc: bonzini at gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:36:02 -0400
- Subject: Re: Can't get binutils to build on Cygwin
- Reply-to: malanda at freeuk dot com
Dave Korn wrote:
>
> [ ...snip... ]
> Isn't the underlying problem that the input /should not have/ CR/LF line
> ends at all in the first place?
> Given that binutils source files don't come with CRLF line endings, the
real
> solution could well be:-
>
> "Use cygwin tar to unpack the binutils tarball, because using winzip
mangles
> the line ends."
>
> Malanda? Did you use any kind of GUI tool to unpack the tarball? Or
did
> you unpack it on a textmode mountpoint?
Yes, I'm afraid winzip did the damage. Using Cygwin tar fixes it. Lesson
learned!
Thanks for your help.
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