Re: [Mingw-users] Can't run Mingw gcc from Cygwin

[Paul M. <gu...@mo...>]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 08:26:48 +1000 (EST), Danny Smith wrote:

>> =3D=3D=3D> Shouldn't this say "Using specs from <somewhere>" ?
>>=20
>
>Yes it should. The problem is in mingw gcc's (the gcc-2.95.3-20010608
>vesrion that in in mingw-1.0).  It was built to use '/' as the primary
>directory separator.  This works fine on NT and W2K, using cmd shell,
>but not on W9x *or* when running gcc from tcsh, zsh, or as in your case
>bash.
>
>To fix your problem (I hope), download the gcc-2.95.3-20010613-W95patch
>from SF and overwrite the gcc,c++, g++ ,f77 and cpp drivers in your
><mingw-root>/bin directory.  These updated binaries drivers were built
>with a default dir separator of '\\'.  They work okay for me with
>Cygwin's bash and with Amol's ports of zsh and tcsh (as well as with
>the native cmd or command shell).=20

That works perfectly. Thanks for the help!

Paul