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Re: ncurses
Paul Wilson <fwibbly@earthlink.net> writes:
> The problem with some GNU configure utils is that they pipe their
> commands to /dev/null. Last I tried to create a /dev/null using mknod, I
> couldn't create it with the exact major and minor device numbers, so
> creating /dev/null won't fix the problem. Just edit out the >/dev/null
> from the configure script where configure checks for gcc.
On b20.0 / NT, /dev/null does work even if ls doesn't see it.
Try doing `sh -x configure' instead of `./configure', to see what it
is trying to do and why it thinks gcc doesn't work.
(You might try Paul's suggestion first, though, just to check whether
I'm speaking garbage.)
pjm.
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