Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:31:52 -0600 From: Lester Ingber To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: General problems creating executables. Message-ID: <20011126163152.A1412@ingber.com> Reply-To: Lester Ingber Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-URL: http://www.ingber.com/ X-URL-ALT: http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/ Well, I also do not get an executable, as I reported afew days ago. I've updated every file available. However, if it helps, below I also include the result using "gcc -v" Lester $ gcc -o hello hello.c 0 [main] gcc 1380 proc_subproc: Couldn't duplicate my handle<0x2C> for pid 152, Win32 error 6 Bad Command or file name /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: installation problem, cannot exec `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld': Invalid argument collect2: ld returned 255 exit status $ gcc -v -o hello hello.c Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/specs gcc version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/cpp0.exe -lang-c -v -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=95 -D_X86_=1 -D_X86_=1 -Asystem(winnt) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -Di686 -Dpentiumpro -D__i686 -D__i686__ -D__pentiumpro -D__pentiumpro__ -D__stdcall=__attribute__((__stdcall__)) -D__cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D_stdcall=__attribute__((__stdcall__)) -D_cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D__declspec(x)=__attribute__((x)) -D__CYGWIN32__ -D__CYGWIN__ -Dunix -D__unix__ -D__unix -isystem /usr/local/include -idirafter /usr/include -idirafter /usr/include/w32api hello.c /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ingber/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccVcZokc.i GNU CPP version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) (80386, BSD syntax) #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/include /usr/include /usr/include/w32api End of search list. The following default directories have been omitted from the search path: End of omitted list. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/cc1.exe /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ingber/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccVcZokc.i -quiet -dumpbase hello.c -version -o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ingber/LOCALS~1/Temp/cca9KB7t.s GNU C version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) (i686-pc-cygwin) compiled by GNU C version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special). /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/as.exe -o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ingber/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccPsa0n0.o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ingber/LOCALS~1/Temp/cca9KB7t.s 0 [main] gcc 276 proc_subproc: Couldn't duplicate my handle<0x2C> for pid 153, Win32 error 6 Bad Command or file name /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/collect2.exe -Bdynamic --dll-search-prefix=cyg -o hello.exe /usr/lib/crt0.o -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib/w32api -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5 /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ingber/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccPsa0n0.o -lgcc -lcygwin -luser32 -lkernel32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: installation problem, cannot exec `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld': Invalid argument collect2: ld returned 255 exit status : David, : : I haven't had a problem with "hello world". Here's my program and the gcc : string I used. : : #include : : main() : { : printf("hello world\n"); : } : : Here's how I compiled it: : : gcc hello.c -o hello : : When I run the above gcc command I get the following executable: : : hello.exe : : I run this by typing "hello.exe" at the command promt. It prints "hello : world" on my screen. : : Perhaps you could use "-v" with gcc to get more verbose output. : : I have in fact run into the problem you're having but only when trying to : link against a DLL. : Then I get no warnings, no errors and no executable. I don't yet know why. : : Wish I could tell you more. I apologize for all the help I've given you : 8^). : : David -- Prof. Lester Ingber ingber AT ingber DOT com ingber AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu www.ingber.com www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/