Re: [Plib-users] Example config problem

[C. H. <cho...@at...>]

Sebastian,

 >...
> Hmm ... fix your Cygwin :)

Did that.  When updating cygwin I noticed that autoconf exists in both 
stable and devel versions. I went ahead and let it install both. Now I'm 
not so sure that was a good idea. It doesn't strike me that you are 
using the development version of autoconf. Anyhow, should I edit the 
file tree to move stable autoconf stuff where it apparently is expected?

Also. At this point I retried your original command sequence and 
autoconf still coughs a hairball about the missing .cfg file. Ditto make.

> and in the meantime, get this patch that I just
> created which adds the missing files:
> 
> http://www.ude.handshake.de/plib_examples-1.6.1-autoconf.patch.gz

Not succeeding with getting results from updating cygwin I put the patch 
file in the directory "/home/plib_examples-1.6.1", which is where the 
examples were unpacked. Was that the wrong location? Would you like 
another? BTW, you didn't say where to save the patch file.

> 
> To apply, cd into a vanilla plib_examples-1.6.1 directory and type:
> 
> gzip -cd /path/to/plib_examples-1.6.1-autoconf.patch.gz | patch -p1
> 

Didn't work. In /home/plib_examples-1.6.1 I entered

gzip -cd /home/plib_examples-1.6.1-autoconf.patch.gz | patch -p1

patch complained that it cannot find the file to patch. It then prompts 
for the file. This repeats for several make files that I know 
./configure did create (they show up on directory checks.) Is this patch 
looking for the original example tar ball?

I hope this continues to be at least a mildly interesting challenge for 
you as I hate exercising people on simple problems. It is an education 
for me in the assumptions that plib developers made in setting up the 
examples.

Regards,

Charlie H.

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