Re: Help compiling gcc 4.2.0

[Gary Johnson <garyjohn at spk dot agilent dot com>]

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.

Regards,
Gary

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