autoconf 2.54-1 writes dos files

Sun Aug 31 02:09:00 GMT 2003

Sam Steingold wrote:
> > * In message <20030830211707.GQ614@emcb.co.uk>
> > * On the subject of "Re: autoconf 2.54-1 writes dos files"
> > * Sent on 2003年8月30日 22:17:07 +0100
> > * Honorable Elfyn McBratney <...> writes:
> >
> > Sam Steingold wrote:
> > > > * Honorable Elfyn McBratney <foo@bar> writes:
> > 
> > Thanks for addressing me as honorable, but please don't quote my
> > e-mail address.
>> your e-mail address is in the header!

No, I think not. You replied to my message; with my e-mail address "attached"
to your reply, either by you or your MUA. Ala food for harvesters.
> > > [...]
> > > d:\gnu\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type user (binmode)
> > > d:\gnu\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (binmode)
> > > d:\gnu\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (binmode)
> > > d:\gnu\cygwin on / type user (binmode)
> > > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> > > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> > 
> > Does running, say
> > 
> > $ PERLIO=raw autoconf
> > 
> > help at all?
>> this fixed the problem completely.
> now, why isn't this the default?
> as I said above, my default file type is unix!

This is a defficiency in (current?) Cygwin perl, which AFAIK, was fixed in the latest
release. As a temporary fix, export the above variable in /etc/profile or system
wide (from within Windows).
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