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I'm trying to install binutils in a Cygwin environment.

My path was very screwed up (e.g. one line of configure's output was:

"checking for ld... (cached) c:/dev/perl/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.4.3/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe"

, which is clearly nasty), so I altered Cygwin's /etc/profile to that the path was much simpler.

However, when running configure, it reports that some values (like the above) are "(cached)". I thought this might be related to invalid state in a config.cache file, but after removing all such files from the computer the problem persists.

What does a cached value mean, and how can I get it updated?

geometrian
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make distclean should give you a pristine build environment for you to start from scratch with.

hd1
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  • Running "make distclean" in "/cygdrive/c/dev/cygwin/usr/src/binutils-2.23.1" produces the following: http://pastebin.com/Lp2W1Rmw and the problem persists. – geometrian Nov 26 '12 at 00:42
  • Are you having build problems or asking for a solution in search of a problem? – hd1 Nov 26 '12 at 00:57
  • Yeah, build problem is http://pastebin.com/EQtiTS3h, see 752. Someone on forum.osdev.org thought it was the PATH variables. – geometrian Nov 26 '12 at 01:00