Help compiling gcc 4.2.0

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2007-06-22, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 21 June 2007 21:47, Lee Rhodes wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I am struggling with the infamous unix/dos end-of-line '\r\n' vs '\n'
>>> incompatibilities.  It seems that no matter what shell I use (bash, sh,
>>> Cygwin, rxvt, dos) that the gnu make utility throws errors when it sees the
>>> '\r' CR character.
>>>
>>>   Do I have to convert ALL the downloaded files into the unix format
>>> (dos2unix)? 
>>   Nope, what you have to do is you have to /not/ use winzip to unpack the
>> archives.  Use cygwin's command-line tar utility.
> 
> I agree with the advice to use tar, but WinZip does have an option 
> to fix this behavior.  From the menu bar, select
> 
>    Options -> Configuration -> Miscellaneous
> 
> Uncheck the "TAR file smart CR/LF conversion" box.  (Odd use of 
> "smart".)  Click OK.


Cygwin's 'tar' enables other features you won't find in WinZip and often
need.  You're better off using Cygwin's 'tar' for unpacking source tar
files.

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