On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:18:09PM +0000, Aaron Gray wrote: >Hi, > >I am trying to build m4-1.4.17 and am getting an error. I tried >downloading the src using the GUI interface but just got a file >'m4-1.4.17-1.cygwin.patch' with no real changes, but the following in >the text. > >~~~ >+Build instructions: >+ unpack m4-1.4.17-1-src.tar.bz2 >+ if you use setup to install this src package, it will be >+ unpacked under /usr/src automatically >+ cd /usr/src >+ cygport m4-1.4.17-1 all >+ >+This will create: >+ /usr/src/m4-1.4.17-1.tar.bz2 >+ /usr/src/m4-1.4.17-1-src.tar.bz2 >+ >+Or use 'cygport m4-1.4.17-1 prep' to get a patched source directory >~~~ > >m4-1.4.17-1-src.tar.bz2 does not appear to be there.
If you've downloaded the source, you've gotten the m4-1.4.17-1-src.tar.xz file. Extract that file using "tar xf". It contains everything you need to build m4 via the "cygport" command. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
