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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 14:26:36 -0400
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Gcc/ld and long command lines (> 32k)
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At 11:57 AM 4/9/2004, you wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 11:28:54AM -0400, Larry Hall wrote:
>>Right.  I think that goes along with the notion that the '@' stuff is 
>>enabled for Cygwin processes invoked from non-Cygwin ones.  But perhaps
>>I was unclear about what I was looking for.  Peter's response seemed to 
>>indicate that he tried *both* the suggested mount option and the '@file'
>>option simultaneously.  It also wasn't clear whether he was using the 
>>'@file' option as invoked by a Windows process (perhaps even as a variant
>>of Barry's example below) or whether he tried it from a Cygwin process 
>>(directly).  Ditto for the mount option.  I think Peter was trying to 
>>indicate that these options work but it's a little confusing given that
>>Chris's previous statements say that '@file' should be a solution for 
>>Windows processes and the mount option should be a solution for Cygwin
>>processes.  It's unclear whether Peter is confirming or refuting any 
>>part or parts of Chris' statement.  That's what I was hoping to get some 
>>clarification on.
>
>I think both Peter and the OP thought this through more than I had --
>once you use '@' with the gcc command line, there is still further
>argument passing going on between gcc and its (cygwin) subprocesses.
>
>So, to bypass the 32K limit, you do need to use '@' for the initial
>command line to gcc and any program that gcc calls needs to be mounted
>with -X.


Ah, OK.  Yeah that makes sense now.

Thanks,


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