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diff --git a/doc/README.NT b/doc/README.NT index 43f8adcc..8cb2f1ad 100644 --- a/doc/README.NT +++ b/doc/README.NT @@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ the CCTK on an NT (or Windows 2000) platform. Apart from the required software noted in the manual, you must install the cygwin package available from http://www.cygwin.com . -After installing Cygwin, you must make sure that the GNU CPP is -somewhere on your path, and that the directory path leading to it -contains no names containing un-escaped spaces - these would confuse -the autoconf program. +IMPORTANT: After installing Cygwin, you must make sure that the GNU +CPP is somewhere on your path, and that the directory path leading to +it contains no names containing un-escaped spaces - these would +confuse the autoconf program. Failure to do this will result in +bizarre errors in the dependency generation. In principle now all you need to do is start bash, checkout the CCTK, and run make. @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ Tested Software: Cygwin: ------ Cygwin beta 20.1. +Cygwin 1.0 (but with an updated make, see below) Cygwin 1.1.6 Perl: @@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ Microsoft Visual C 6.0 Fortran: ------- Digital Fortran 6.0 - +Compaq Fortran 6.1 SPECIAL NOTE FOR PEOPLE USING NON-ENGLISH VERSIONS OF NT. Currently the include path to find the MS C include files is set for an english @@ -52,4 +54,8 @@ from dir /x on the command prompt (not bash), so as to get a name with no spaces in - this makes life a lot easier 8-( We are currently trying to find a way to automate the process. +KNOWN PROBLEMS: + +Cygwin 1.0 comes with make 3.77 . This dumps core in the make system +and should be updated to 3.79.1, or later. |