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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 08:55:42 -0400
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Subject: Re: Execute "strace" on an executable in GNU make?
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Perhaps the -d or --debug switch can help?

Earnie.

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> Dunno.  Sorry.  I suspect that you are probably not running the program
> that you think you're running.  Maybe specifying the full path in the
> makefile would help.
> 
> Apologies if you've tried that.  I don't remember.  That is all that
> I can think of.
> 
> cgf
> 
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 05:22:13PM -0700, Karr, David wrote:
> >Sigh.  Yes, that is the case.  Ok, so "strace" won't help me.  Is there any
> >other information I can gather on this situation?  It just will not run from
> >within Make, no matter how I coerce it.  It always fails immediately with
> >"Invalid Argument", even before getting to "main".
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com]
> >Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 5:14 PM
> >To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> >Subject: Re: Execute "strace" on an executable in GNU make?
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 04:39:21PM -0700, Karr, David wrote:
> >>I'm getting an unexplainable error (Invalid Argument) when I run a
> >>particular executable, but only when I run it from "make".  The executable
> >>is not a cygwin executable.  It runs fine when I run it from Bash or DOS,
> >>just not from within Make.  I've tried changing the call from "<program>"
> >to
> >>"cmd /c <program>" and "/bin/sh.exe -c <program>", but both of those fail.
> >>I tried putting a print statement at the top of "main" (It's a C program),
> >>but it doesn't get there when it fails.
> >>
> >>Will running the executable from the Makefile with "strace" help me?  I'm
> >>trying to figure out how to do this, but no matter what I specify with
> >>"strace", I only get a zero length output file.  Other people here with
> >>similar environments don't get this symptom.
> >
> >strace only works on programs which use the cygwin DLL.  IIRC, the
> >program that you are attempting to execute is not a cygwin program.
> >
> >cgf
> >
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