Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 20:32:15 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Solution, possible FAQ entry: make problem: execvp: /bin/sh: Illegal Argument Message-ID: <20050508003215.GA24398@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <427BE5FE.7020000@fabeljet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 05:11:39PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >On 5/6/05, J?rgen Havsberg Seland wrote: >> This problem is (often) due to the command-line being to long for the >> windows execution model. To circumvent this, mount the path of the >> executable using the -X switch. For instance, use > >I don't mind adding an FAQ, it looks like it's been asked few times. Any >problem with replacing this ancient entry about MAKE_MODE (which is >covered in the User's Guide)? > >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC93 Fine with me. >> OBTW: Is there an official or semi-official cygwin Wiki where one may >> post these things? > >Not that I know of. There used to be an unofficial one on someone's student >webspace but it's dead. See this thread for good reasons there's not one on >cygwin.com: > >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg00993.html > >Google's pretty good at picking up terms straight from the mailing list. Maybe a FAQ entry is called for: Q: Why isn't there a wiki? W1k1s R kuwl! Both cgf and corinna(?) dislike wikis and neither wants to have YA place to monitor. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/