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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:54:24 -0400
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On 3/25/2010 4:50 PM, steenreem wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>
>> On 3/25/2010 3:59 PM, steenreem wrote:
>>> Sorry I was unclear. "gcc4.exe" is also in /bin, together with
>>> "gcc3.exe".
>>> However there is no "gcc" symbolic link. I have tried copy and renaming
>>> "gcc4.exe" to "gcc.exe" but that leads to the error "C compiler cannot
>>> create executables"
>>
>> Reinstall gcc4 then.  You're missing stuff for some reason.
>>
>
> Ok I did that. There was still no "gcc" in /bin. However I did find the
> files "set-gcc-default-3.sh" and "set-gcc-default-4.sh" there. I invoked
> "./sh set-gcc-default-3.sh" from the bin directory inside cygwin. The
> command ran but there is still no gcc file in /bin and I cannot run gcc
> from cygwin.
>
> I just reinstalled cygwin today. I deleted the old folder and ran the
> setup.exe from scratch. The previous cygwin installation did not always
> have the missing gcc problem. Maybe something remaining from my old
> installation has caused the current cygwin to not install correctly?

Maybe.  We'd need more information about your installation at least.
See <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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