MinGW/MSYS

[Salter, Thomas A]

Is MinGW/MSYS supposed to be supported now?  Is a particular version required?

I've gotten builds to work with cygwin and wanted to try MinGW/MSYS.  It ails almost immediately because it can't find cpio.  It acts as though the uname result isn't recognized.

I'm running on a 64-bit Windows 7 system.

The complete config.log is attached, but the part that I think matters is here:

hostname = USTR-SALTERTA-1
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 1.0.17(0.48/3/2)
uname -s = MINGW32_NT-6.1
uname -v = 2011-04-24 23:39

...

configure:4413: found /usr/bin/cp
configure:4425: result: /usr/bin/cp
configure:4454: checking for cpio
configure:4487: result: no
configure:4502: Could not find cpio!
configure:4504: error: Cannot continue


  
Tom Salter  |  Software Engineer  |  Java & Middleware Development 
Unisys  |  2476 Swedesford Road  |  Malvern, PA  19355   |  610-648-2568 |  N385-2568