Re: [Help-gsl] Errors when compiling under Cygwin

[Norbert Zacharias]

Hi,


Am 07.06.2011 21:04, schrieb Smith, Herb:
> I'm new to gsl and trying to compile under Cygwin on a PC with
> windows XP.
>
> I tried to run configure and I got an error on line 16 and line 31.
> Line 16 is a blank line but it was complaining about a \r character
> and on 31 it was complaining about the double semicolon. I deleted
> the blank line and the line with the double semicolon and now it's
> complaining aobut line 45 with the double ampersand (&&).  Line 45 is
> a continuation line, so it is starting to feel like there are some
> problems with the line terminators in Cygwin.
>
> Has anyone addressed this issue and is there a way around the
> problem?

This errors look like you mount your disk as binary,which do not do the 
end of line translation from Windoofs to unix. Have a look at the cygwin 
FAQ which covers this issue.
But on the other side normally the sources should meet to the unix 
convention.

Hope this helps

Norbert



> Thanks,
>
> Herb
>
>
> Herb Smith Jr.  PhD, PE Technical Fellow Computational Methods Boeing
> Research and Technology St. Louis, Mo. 63166 314-233-9700
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