kcorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Has anyone else tried recompiling prc-tools under Developer Studio's > version of Cygwin? > > I was able to go through the setup of the environment, and perform the > make correctly, however now I'm stuck by a 'make install' command that's > failing. > > Specifically, here are the last few lines after the 'make install' > command is given: > > -------------------------- > make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/prctoolsbuild/build/crt' > cd mown-gp; make CC="m68k-palmos-gcc" AR="m68k-palmos-ar" > RANLIB="m68k-palmos-ra > nlib" \ > SDKFLAGS="" MULTIFLAGS=-mown-gp \ > `echo mown-gp/crt0.o mown-gp/scrt0.o mown-gp/gdbstub.o > mown-gp/libcrt.a | sed > 's,[^ /]*/,,g'` > make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/prctoolsbuild/build/crt/mown-gp' > make[2]: `crt0.o' is up to date. > make[2]: `scrt0.o' is up to date. > make[2]: `gdbstub.o' is up to date. > make[2]: `libcrt.a' is up to date. > make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/prctoolsbuild/build/crt/mown-gp' > /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Cygwin/bin/install -c -d > /usr/local/m68k-palmos/lib > make[1]: *** [install] Error 255 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/prctoolsbuild/build/crt' > make: *** [install] Error 1 > ---------------------------------------------- > > It's wierd, that directory is actually created by this make, so I know > it's not a permissions problem. I've got 4GB available on that drive, > so it's not a disk space issue. > > When I go into the build/crt directory, and give the command by hand, > there's no error reported. I've also tried searching for the meaning of > the 255 response in man pages in cygwin, linux, and the info install > page on Linux, and tried searching escribe, but no joy. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction here? > My guess is that you ran configure without any arguments. It then tries to install it in the /usr/local/ tree: executables in /usr/local/bin, libs in /usr/local/lib, etc. I suppose the directory /usr/local does not exist. If you want the standard prc-tools installation locations (as per the prc-tools distribution form sourceforge) add the --prefix=/usr option to configure.
Hope this helps. Ton van Overbeek -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/