Re: autoconf 2.54-1 writes dos files

[Sam Steingold <sds at gnu dot org>]

> * In message <3F50F788.8020503@ece.gatech.edu>
> * On the subject of "Re: autoconf 2.54-1 writes dos files"
> * Sent on Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:14:16 -0400
> * Honorable Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> writes:
>
> Sam Steingold wrote:
> 
> > I just noticed that autoconf 2.54-1 writes configure files with DOS
> > CR/LF line ends!
> > what's up?!
> > I check "unix" in "default text file type" setup option and I do not
> > have any CRs in the configure.in files!
> 
> autoconf is a perl program.  There were some releases of perl that had
> a few issues with incorrectly using DOS line endings even on binary
> mounts.  Try upgrading perl to the most recent release (5.8.0-5 for
> "regular" cygwin; 5.8.1-something for "test" or "experimental" cygwin)

$ cygcheck.exe -c -h perl
Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version
perl                 5.8.0-5
$


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