[Freeciv] Re: Problem to generate makefile under cygwin

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dieter Köhler wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> first I should note that I am almost totally unexperienced in using 
> compilers in a UNIX or LINUX environment.  Trying to compile FreeCiv under 
> cygwin is my first attempt to learn this, but I got stuck at a what seems 
> to be a very basic operation.  However, I could not find a solution by 
> searching the web or the FreeCiv FAQs.  Here is the problem:
> 
> I installed cygwin under Windows XP with all the prerequisites mentioned in 
> section 0 of INSTALL.  Then, to generate a makefile for the latest CVS 
> version, I typed in the top directory containing the FreeCiv:
> 
> % ./autogen.sh
> 
> but got the error message:
> 
> bash: fg: %: no such job
> 
> Can anybody explain what went wrong, and how this problem can be solved?

The first thing I'd suggest is that you not run autogen.  Download a 
tarball that has "configure" already in it, and just run that.

jason