[4suite] cygwin install

[Uche Ogbuji]

Steve Vejcik wrote:
> Hello folks:
>             I am attempting an install on cygwin using
>     the tarball from sourceforge.  When I use the
>      setup.py script, I get many warnings from
>     builddocs about 'permission denied'.  As a cygwin
>     environment, there is no 'root' account. I
>     have write access to all directories in config.cache.
>     If I try a clean install with '--without-docs',
>     i.e. python setup.py install --without-docs
>     then I get the same messages.  After the messages,
>     the install eventually fails running BuildDocs for
>      Ft.           Ideas?

I don't understand.  You mean that even with the --without-docs option,
it's still trying to build the docs?  Did you use stup.py config
--prefix=[DIR] to control the installed location?  Do you have any more
details on where it's trying to install things?


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