Cygwin and Windows ME don't like each other

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tdgi [mailto:tdgi@lycos.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:58 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Cygwin and Windows ME don't like each other
> 
> 
> I've been using Cygwin for about 1/2 a year, on my computer 
> at work (Win98SE)  I recently got a new computer for home 
> that runs WinME.  When I tried to install Cygwin, I get the 
> error message "can't open (null) for reading" or something 
> like that.  This error occurs during the installation of the 
> following packages:
> 
> Autoconf-2.53-1
> Autoconf-devel-2.53-1
> automake-1.6a-1
> automake-devel-1.6-1
> bison-1.35-1
> libpng-1.0.13-3
> 
>    Anyway, despite the messages, I manage to get most of the 
> stuff installed, and it (sort of) works.  

Do a 'install from internet' and you should not have any trouble.

Rob

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