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Re: Install Question


  • From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
  • To: "Brian J. Erickson" <ericksbr(at)infocon-inc(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: Install Question
  • Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 13:39:49 +0200
  • Message-id: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7411(at)algol(dot)sollentuna(dot)se>

>Hello,
>
>I am trying to build an install:
>
>Command: C:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make Makefile.paths
>Message:
>makefile:11: Makefile.paths: No such file or directory
>cp Makefile.paths.in Makefile.paths
>process_begin: CreateProcess((null), cp Makefile.paths.in 
>Makefile.paths,
>...) f
>ailed.
>make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
>C:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make: *** [Makefile.paths] Error 2
>
>The instructions state:
>1. Run "make Makefile.paths" to get a template of this file. 
>Then edit the
>   Makefile.paths file and set the correct paths.
>
>What am I doing wrong?

I beleive you need to run the build from the msys console, not from the
standard commandprompt. It looks like "make" can't find "cp", which
probably means you are missing all the msys directories in your PATH.

//Magnus



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