Before you start, make sure you've installed the Cygwin packages
<filename>openssh</filename>, <filename>openssl</filename>,
<filename>cvs</filename>, <filename>m4</filename> and
-<filename>autoconf</filename>.
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+<filename>autoconf</filename>. You also need to make sure that the
+user environment variable <Constant>MAKE_MODE</Constant> is set to <Literal>UNIX</Literal>. If you don't do
+this you get very weird messages when you type <Command>make</Command>, such as:
+</para><Screen>
+/c: /c: No such file or directory</Screen>
<Sect2><Title>Configuring ssh</Title>