X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Roger Head Subject: Re: Win2k Command Window Can't Execute G++ Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:29:09 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <4A221A61.2050207@cygwin.com> <17393e3e0905310011i3b6bd318ud323d64a9fe3581b@mail.gmail.com> <416096c60905310156n523dd947xfb73bdd6acfac83f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Hi Andy, > > I'm almost certain that I was able to invoke it from a CMD window. > > Afaik, gcc and g++ changed into links only recently, to help with the > transition from gcc-3.4 to 4.3. > There are still some remnants of AVR-GCC hanging around on my system from a few years ago. Maybe a connection there... ...somehow. > > I'm sure that I can come up with a hack that will let me do what I want > > The easiest thing to do would be to overwrite the link with the file > it points to, e.g. 'cp /bin/g++-4.exe /bin/g++.exe'. You'd have to > remember to do that after every gcc update though. > Yeah, I'd have to automate it. I've just about given up on writing notes to myself, because when the time comes that I need them, I've forgotten that I ever wrote them in the first place! The joys of advancing years... Roger -- 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/