Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/07/29/22:49:44
At 10:41 PM 7/29/2002, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 10:00 PM 7/29/2002, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> >On 29 Jul 2002 at 13:36, Samuel wrote:
> >
> > > > Error 193 is a Windows API error. Specifically, it is
> > > > ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT. I thought the normal way to find this out was to
> > > > type "net helpmsg 193" but that doesn't work on my W2K system.
> > >
> > >
> > > For those that have the Windows SDK header files, the following is a copy of
> > > the relevant portion of winerror.h:
> > >
> > > //
> > > // MessageId: ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT
> > > //
> > > // MessageText:
> > > //
> > > // %1 is not a valid Windows NT application.
> > > //
> > > #define ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT 193L
> >
> >It'd be nice of the gdb port would translate error numbers like 193
> >into meaningful error messages. Instead, the user has to look around
> >in winapi header files. No, scratch that, since gdb doesn't even
> >indicate that it's a Windows error code, the user has to either be
> >knowledgeable about the gdb source code and have the time and
> >inclination to go hunting through it to see where the error message
> >is coming from, or they have to ask the mailing list an expert on
> >which will then do likewise. And, of course, the natural thing to do
> >with the gdb source in this instance is to search it for #define foo
> >193 only to find it isn't there, because it turned out gdb is only
> >passing this number on from a system call...
> >
> >Cryptic error messages, especially raw numbers, are the bane of
> >troubleshooting and of end users everywhere.
>
>
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>I'm not sure how long you've been a part of this list but your name
>seems new to me. Let me take a moment to welcome you to the Cygwin
>community. It's a group of volunteers and users, all working to make Cygwin better.
>
>Certainly, you've jumped right in! I can see you've been quite prolific
>on the email list recently. I think it's great that you're curious about the
>problems you're seeing and have ideas for solutions. I am, however, concerned
>that you're not going to get much in the way of responses from knowledgeable
>folk on this list if you don't try to work with those who respond to your
>posts. I can see that some might see your responses as inflammatory. To be
>sure, everyone's entitled to a rant or two on this list. The email archive
>is full of them. I'm sure it wouldn't take someone too long to find a post or
>two of mine that qualifies. ;-) Still, it's important to recognize that
>the goal of this list is to exchange information. A certain healthy dose
>of tolerance is sometimes required to keep a reasonable signal to noise ratio.
>Don't forget, this is a list of volunteers. Volunteers aren't as motivated
>to spend their "free" time trying to help folks that don't work with them.
>I only mention that because I can see how many of your recent posts (including
>this one) might be perceived by maintainers (and others) as divisive. I'd
>hate to see posts of yours on good issues go ignored because of this. Since
>you may be new to the list, I thought I'd point out how you might best get
>information you need. You may be fully aware of all this already. If so,
>I apologize for conveying it too you again. But if not, it seemed negligent
^^^
Grrr! to
>
>of me not to point this out.
>
>I hope you find Cygwin useful and I look forward to your future contributions
>to it's continued success.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>
>Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com
>RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
>838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>
>
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