On 26 May 2010 13:08, alex wallis <[email protected]> wrote: > for your information, I am running my linux as a guest OS inside a virtual > machine, my rockbox source is located on the host OS, which is windows xp. > > I am using smbfs to mount the folder in linux, and the rockbox folder has > been given full permissions along with all sub folders using the chmod 777 > command. > > As I say, googling suggests that its a problem with the way gcc reacts to > compiling in folders that are shared with cifs or smbfs, and further reading > suggests if I can get the nounix command into my /etc/fstab file that the > problem should go away, but fstab isn't liking it at the moment. >
Wouldn't it therefore be easier to use svn from within the VM if your chosen combination is a known issue? It sounds like you're making things harder than they need to be.
