Re: slrn on Cygwin makefile bug
"Rudy Taraschi" <[email protected]>
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Brian Salter-Duke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:00:58AM -0400, Rudy Taraschi wrote: >> Brian Salter-Duke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > It works for me except for one small problem. On cygwin, "INSTALL' and >> > "install" are the same. You have to mv INSTALL to INSTALL.txt to make >> > "make install" work and not say it is up to date. That file should be >> > renamed in the release. >> >> The problem you mention is common to pretty much every Cygwin package >> that's built from source; a file named INSTALL, like README, is >> standard in many source tarballs. While your solution works >> perfectly, it's not the "right" solution. I get around the problem to >> same way you do BTW. > > What is the right solution? I don't know. The question is moot however, because, as was pointed out by Christian, INSTALL has been renamed in the latest svn >> > It also has a small bug in it. /doc/INSTALL.unx should be >> > /doc/INSTALL.unix. >> >> Been like that forever - again, other packages besides slrn use this >> same naming convention > > I do not understand. The file is actually called /doc/INSTALL.unix and > the INSTALL file calls it /doc/INSTALL.unx. That seems a small bug to me > that should be corrected. You do understand - I don't. I misread your question. While many programs use INSTALL.unx, slrn does not, so there is an inconsistancy in the INSTALL file. Good catch. Cheers! /rudy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/