Re: error building base 3.14.7 w/ cygwin 1.5.13-1

["Dale L. Brewe" <brewe@aps.anl.gov>]

It turns out I had to install cygwin w/ the text type set to dos instead of 
the default unix.
dale brewe
At 05:03 PM 3/9/2005, Dale L. Brewe wrote:
> I'm getting the error message below if I try to build epics base 3.14.7 (I 
> also tried 3.14.5 earlier w/ the same result) with cygwin under w2k. I 
> would appreciate any hints. The version of cygwin is 1.5.13-1. This is my 
> first stab at building epics w/ cygwin.
>
> make[3]: Entering directory 
> `/cygdrive/d/epics/base-3.14.7/src/dbStatic/O.cygwin-x86'
> .../../../bin/cygwin-x86/e_flex.exe 
> -S../../../include/flex.skel.static  ../dbLex.l
> "../dbLex.l", line 25: illegal character
> "../dbLex.l", line 27: unknown error processing section 1
> ....
> etc.
>
> Here is a segment of dbLex.l starting at line 18:
> static int yyreset(void)
> {
>         BEGIN INITIAL;
>         return(0);
> }
>
> %}
>
> %%
>
>
> thanks
> dale brewe
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  Dale L. Brewe
>  PNC-CAT/Argonne National Laboratory
>
>  ph: 630 252 0582         fax: 630 252 0580
>  Mail:
>  Argonne National Laboratory
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Dale L. Brewe
 PNC-CAT/Argonne National Laboratory

 ph: 630 252 0582         fax: 630 252 0580
 Mail:
 Argonne National Laboratory
 Bldg 435E sector 20
 9700 S. Cass Ave.
 Argonne, IL 60439
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