From: "Christoph R." Date: 2003-10-25T19:07:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Struggling with variable arguments to block ------------ /Christoph Please send off list mail to 'my_mail@gmy.net'.gsub(/y/,'x') Gavin Sinclair wrote: ... > I grabbed the latest CVS, noted that Matz had fixed hash.c > just recently, tried to compile, and couldn't get past the > second step. > "autoconf" worked, "./configure" didn't, with the most mundane error > message: > > configure: error: sources are in ., but `cd .' does not work Hm I just got through compiling the latest cvs for cygwin - the only visible difference was my cygwin build directory not coinciding with my source directory but I don't believe that this should make any difference. I compile and test the cygwin & mingw platform maybe every three weeks or so and I cannot remember running into the configure error you describe - i.e. maybe something is wrong with your cygwin installation (permissions, outdated whatever) ? /Christoph