Sorry guys. As ever the answer was in the question. I made the symbolic link to /bin/install and it burst into life. Rob Rob Blackbourn <rob.blackbourn / tokaiasia.com.hk> wrote in message news:9c8ean$j4t$1 / news.hk.linkage.net... > I'd like to be able to build this myself. I have the latest cygwin (as of > 12.00 Apr 26). > > I have donwloaded 1.6.3. > > When I type ./configure it complains that there is no "install-sh". This > file exists in the nightly snapshot but is of zero length (symbolic link?). > Can somebody email me this file? > > Thanks, > > Rob Blackbourn > >