X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_YG,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:38:24 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: m4 1.4.16-1 doesn't seem to work Message-ID: <20110517223824.GA7501@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <19921.30753.62000.974121@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <4DD293E4.2070407@redhat.com> <19922.61962.640000.987645@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <4DD2F7C1.1010205@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DD2F7C1.1010205@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 04:33:37PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >On 05/17/2011 04:09 PM, Uday S Reddy wrote: >> Eric Blake writes: >> >>> Usually the symptom of a missing dll. >>> >>> What does 'cygcheck /usr/bin/m4' show? >> >> Hi Eric, thanks for getting back. >> >> The cygcheck m4 1.4.16 looks normal to me. >> >> maruti[8.2.x]: cygcheck /usr/bin/m4 >> C:\Cygwin\bin\m4.exe >> C:\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.DLL >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.dll >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll >> C:\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll >> C:\Cygwin\bin\cygsigsegv-2.dll >> maruti[8.2.x]: m4 --version >> (no output) > >Odd; that says all your dlls are in place. The only other thing that I >can suspect is that you have an incomplete dll, where you are missing a >required entry point (perhaps you are running too old of a >cygwin1.dll?). What is $? after the failed m4? Also, can you try >opening up a cmd window, and running m4 from there, to see if you get a >useful popup box? (running under a cygwin shell intentionally suppresses >dll link error popup boxes) > >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > >Posting your 'cygcheck -svr' output would help, as well. Also "ldd /usr/bin/m4.exe" might provide more of a clue. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple