From: drh AT acm DOT org (D. Richard Hipp)
Subject: Re: Trouble installing B18 on W95 -- GCC won't run
16 Nov 1997 14:02:49 -0800
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Thank you Kurt Mahan for pointing out that I set the wrong
environment variable.  I used

    GCC_EXEC_PATH

instead of the correct

    GCC_EXEC_PREFIX

I must have checked the stuff to the right of the '=' a dozen
times.  Silly me.  I never thought to check the left half...

D. Richard Hipp wrote:
> 
> I downloaded cdk.exe and executed it.  I choose the default
> (c:\gnuwin32) installation directory and everything appeared
> to work.  I then modified my environment as described in the
> FAQ.  The OS is Windows95.
> 
> Most things work great, but I can't get the compiler GCC to run!
> It says:
> 
> > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp': No such file or directory
> 
> If I type "gcc -v hello.c" I get this:
> 
> > Using builtin specs.
> > gcc version cygnus-2.7.2-970404
> >  cpp -lang-c -v -undef -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=7 -Di386 -D_WIN32 -DPOSIX -
> > D__CYGWIN32__ -DWINNT -D_X86_=1 -D__STDC__=1 -D__stdcall=__attribute__((__stdcal
> > l__)) -D__cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D__i386__ -D_WIN32 -D__POSIX__ -D__C
> > YGWIN32__ -D__WINNT__ -D_X86_=1 -D__STDC__=1 -D__stdcall=__attribute__((__stdcal
> > l__)) -D__cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D__i386 -D__POSIX -D__WINNT -Asystem
> > (winnt) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -Asystem(unix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(
> > i386) -D__i386__ -Asystem(unix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) hello.c C:\WINDOWS\T
> > EMP\cc001001.i
> > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp': No such file or directory
> 
> This is my environment (as output using the "env" command):
> 
> > TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
> > TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
> > PROMPT=$p$g
> > WINBOOTDIR=C:\WINDOWS
> > COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
> > HOSTNAME=sarah.hwaci.vnet.net
> > WINDIR=C:\WINDOWS
> > PATH=/GNUWIN32/B18/H/BIN:/GNUWIN32/B18/TCL/BIN:/WINDOWS:/WINDOWS/COMMAND
> > HOME=c:
> > GCC_EXEC_PATH=c:\gnuwin32\b18\H\lib\gcc-lib\
> > TCL_LIBRARY=c:/gnuwin32/b18/tcl/lib/tcl7.6
> > GDBTK_LIBRARY=c:/gnuwin32/b18/share/gdbtcl
> > CMDLINE=env
> 
> Actually, the directory /gnuwin32/b18/H was originally named
> /gnuwin32/b18/H-i386-cygwin32.  That didn't work so I shortened
> the "H-i386-cygwin32" to just "H" thinking that might help.
> But it didn't.  All the other commands ("ls" and friends) still
> work fine.
> 
> I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything.  That didn't
> help.
> 
> If I add the directory
> 
>       /gnuwin32/b18/H/lib/gcc-lib/i386-cygwin32/cygnus-2.7.2-970404
> 
> to my path, then "cpp" will run, but I get another error about not being
> able to find the include files.  (I'm just trying to compiler "Hello
> World".
> The only include file it needs is <stdio.h>.)
> 
> Am I likely to have better success if I cross-compile from Linux?
> I'd love to try that approach.  Is there a FAQ or HOW-TO on how
> to do it?
> 
> Any help in resolving this issue will be greatly appreciated.  Please
> respond directly to me at drh AT acm DOT org.  Tnx.
> 
> --
> D. Richard Hipp -- drh AT acm DOT org -- http://users.vnet.net/drh

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D. Richard Hipp -- drh AT acm DOT org -- http://users.vnet.net/drh
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