Re: self-downloading gnulib-tool

2009-09-25 Thread Bruno Haible
Ian Beckwith wrote: > There is a wishlist bug report in debian: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522187 > > suggesting an additional installer-style package for gnulib that > downloads the latest version direct from the git repo. > > It occurs to me that it might be better to

Re: Downloading gnulib

2008-10-11 Thread Dorothy A Phoenix
Success! Thanks Eric for helping me to fix this last bit. And thanks again to you as well, Bruno. I changed the mode for git to binary. If anyone is interested/has the same problem, I used the step in outlined in this page: http://tylerclendenin.com/2008/09/git-for-windows-users/ "*CRLF Issues

Re: Downloading gnulib

2008-10-11 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Dorothy A Phoenix on 10/11/2008 10:44 AM: > My mistake! I didn't realize that I hadn't emailed the list. Thanks > for replying. > > Okay, so progress has been made. I ran the tool with the ./ prefix, as > $ ./gnulib-tool --help. I ge

Re: Downloading gnulib

2008-10-11 Thread Dorothy A Phoenix
My mistake! I didn't realize that I hadn't emailed the list. Thanks for replying. Okay, so progress has been made. I ran the tool with the ./ prefix, as $ ./gnulib-tool --help. I get the following error: ./gnulib-tool: line 18: $'\r' : command not found This error repeats several times with d

Re: Downloading gnulib

2008-10-11 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi, Dorothy A Phoenix wrote: > However, I am still not sure where to use gnulib-tool. Am I to run it from > a command prompt, or as a flag in the compiler, or what? We have set up a manual for it, at http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/ The chapters "Introduction" and "Invoking gnulib-to

Re: Downloading gnulib

2008-10-10 Thread Dorothy A Phoenix
Good evening. I realized the mistake I was making in my previous email...I'm using Vista and I believe the problem was due to permission settings not allowing me to download/save anything directly to my C drive; I tried again using a different save location and was successful. However, I am still

Downloading gnulib

2008-10-10 Thread Dorothy A Phoenix
Good evening, I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I need some assistance. I am trying to download the gnulib code to use with CodeBlocks/cygwin. I ran the command: git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gnulib.git I now have a directory with the following folders: hooks, info, objects, refs