X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: DAGwyn@aol.com Message-ID: <2147.541ee049.3cdcc472@aol.com> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 03:12:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 make/gcc no longer functional on Windows 7 64-bit To: marco.atzeri@gmail.com, cygwin@cygwin.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:495475584:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d290a4fab6a725ff0 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 In a message dated 5/9/2012 6:35:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, marco.atzeri@gmail.com writes: >On 5/9/2012 11:59 AM, DAGwyn@aol.com wrote: >> PROBLEM 1: "make" expects "cc" to exist, and indeed it existed in my >> previous (August 2011) installation of Cygwin. >> PROBLEM 2: "gcc-4" (also happens for gcc-3) can't create a writeable file >> in /tmp, but "bash" can. > start removing this: > 2604k 2011/03/29 C:\Windows\SYSTEM\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 Thanks; that fixed problem # 2. I suggest that the installation procedure should either remove that file itself or else at least warn about it. I worked around problem # 1 by invoking "ln -s /bin/gcc-4 /bin/cc" and suggest that the GNU-make installation procedure should test for existence of various cc-compatible commands and set up a similar link. (Note also that some people expect "c99" to also exist, since it is required for POSIX compliance.) My Cygwin Bash environment now seems to function as well as it used to. I appreciate the prompt response. -- 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