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diff --git a/misc/buildroot/configs/README.txt b/misc/buildroot/configs/README.txt index 931cdd55d..59805fe6b 100644 --- a/misc/buildroot/configs/README.txt +++ b/misc/buildroot/configs/README.txt @@ -141,6 +141,20 @@ GENERAL BUILD STEPS Cygwin GCC BUILD NOTES ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + Cygwin normally creates a /home directory with your Windows user name. Unfortunately, + that could very likely include spaces. In that case, the Cygwin build will have + lots of problems. Here is how I worked around that: + + - I created a /home/buildroot directory and copied buildroot to that location + (/home/build/buildroot/buildroot) + - I have the archives directory at /home/buildroot/archives + - And a symbolic link to the nuttx build directory at /home/buildroot/nuttx + + With those workarounds, the buildroot will build. However, you will also need + to either edit the setenv.sh file to reference this new location, or else move + resulting build diectory. + On Cygwin, the buildroot 'make' command will fail with an error like: "... |