Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:11:06 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problems compiling trivial C program. Message-ID: <20030207151106.GC5098@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20030207133340 DOT atomice AT plus DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030207133340.atomice@plus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:33:40PM -0000, Christopher January wrote: >I'm having trouble compiling this test program: > >void f(){} > >using the command line: >gcc test.c -c -o test.o > >using 1.3.19 or latest Cygwin snapshot (2003-Feb-07) (same error with >both) and gcc-3.2-3. > >The error I see is: > >16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem >/usr/src/cygwin-cvs/obj >The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. >CS:0000 IP:0077 OP:f0 37 05 0e 02 Choose 'Close' to terminate the >application. >Close | Ignore > >AFAICT the command that is failing is: >/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/as.exe, >P:\ccj00\cygwin\usr\i686-pc-cygwin\bin\as.exe --traditional-format -o >test.o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ccj00/LOCALS~1/Temp/cc50BUPU.s >See the following strace portion: >39542 4773296 [main] gcc 1428 spawn_guts: 1428 = spawn_guts >(/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/as.exe, ^^^^^^ Sounds like a corrupted symlink. cgf -- 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/