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RE: gcc not creating .exe
- From: "Paul G." <pgarceau at qwest dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:56:10 -0800
- Subject: RE: gcc not creating .exe
- Organization: Paul G.
- Reply-to: pgarceau at qwest dot net
Platform?
On 28 Nov 2001 at 10:38, Polley Christopher W wrote:
> This statement isn't entirely true. I just did an experiment reinstalling
> only bash, then ash; deleting before each time my /usr/local/bin,
> /usr/local/etc, and /usr/local/lib directories.
>
> Although no packages explicitly contain the /usr/local directory (according
> to http://cygwin.com/packages/), on these reinstalls, the /usr/local/bin,
> /usr/local/etc, and /usr/local/lib directories are created (empty)
> (suprisingly, even if /usr/local is marked read-only)
>
> So while there isn't anything installed under /usr/local, the mere existence
> of a /usr/local tree doesn't, apparently, indicate an installation problem
> (unless I'm doing something wrong... )
>
> BTW, I use ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/ always, usually download to local (due to
> daytime bandwidth restrictions through the corp. proxy), then install from
> local (which I can do any old time) and have had no problems with it
> (although I don't use a dialup)
>
> Warm Regards,
> Chris
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul G. [SMTP:pgarceau@qwest.net]
> ...
> > On 26 Nov 2001 at 18:46, bucky@phantom.keystreams.com wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > So, if you truly have a /usr/local directory, it comes from something
> > > > that you have either downloaded or built from outside of the standard
> > > > cygwin distribution.
> > > >
> >
>
>
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