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Re: [Mingw-msys] Re Bug report 1011360: Starting MSYS.




On Sunday 02 September 2007 13:27, Tuomo Latto wrote:
> The usual checklist:
> 1) versions of all installed MSYS and MinGW packages
> 2) the location where you installed those
> 3) your path
> 4) anything else that could screw things up royally, like
>    using Cygwin, GnuWin32 utilities, any stray libraries that might
> be picked up, include paths pointing to MSVC headers, etc.
> 5) what you're trying to do, for example:
>    what are trying to build, are you building it as instructed
>    accompanying documentation, what parameters are you using
> 6) is the utility ported to Windows (Windows is not POSIX)
> 7) the actual command lines you're using
> 8) do you have a minimal testcase?
>
> In your case, I know some of these may be omitted.
> However, you are still the only one who knows *anything*
> about your problem.

And, in addition to all the above, this:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

...is a worthwhile read.

Regards,
Keith.

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