[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: ediff: diff3 subsidiary diff failed (works now)
|
From: |
Greger Sernemar |
|
Subject: |
Re: ediff: diff3 subsidiary diff failed (works now) |
|
Date: |
Wed, 04 Oct 2000 21:44:21 +0200 |
It was a problem with the PATH, in win95 I had to set the correct PATH in
autoexec.bat
Thank you for your answer.
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Greger Sernemar wrote:
>
> > I use emacs 20.6 and the latest cygwin (September 2000)
> >
> > When I use ediff merge I get the following error:
> > diff: not found
> > /usr/bin/diff3.exe: subsidiary diff failed
> >
> > When I use compare for two buffers, everything works fine.
>
> I suspect this is a Cygwin configuration problem, not an Emacs problem.
>
> The "diff: not found" message means that diff3.exe cannot find the
> diff.exe program to run it. Please investigate why does this happen;
> presumably, some PATH setting gets screwed. (One possible lossage is
> with the Cygwin-style //d/foo/bar style of directories.)