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Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 16:11:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Solution, possible FAQ entry: make problem: execvp: /bin/sh: Illegal Argument
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On Sun, 8 May 2005, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:

> > >On 5/6/05, Jørgen Havsberg Seland wrote:
> > >> This problem is (often) due to the command-line being to long for the
> > >> windows execution model. To circumvent this, mount the path of the
> > >> executable using the -X switch. For instance, use
> > >
> > On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 05:11:39PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> > >I don't mind adding an FAQ, it looks like it's been asked few times. Any
> > >problem with replacing this ancient entry about MAKE_MODE (which is
> > >covered in the User's Guide)?
> > >
> > >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC93
> >
> On 5/7/05, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > Fine with me.
>
> Updated with the following text (thanks, Jørgen):
>
> Errors of `make: execvp: /bin/sh: Illegal Argument' or `make: execvp:
> /bin/sh: Argument list too long' are often caused by the command-line
> being to long for the Windows execution model. To circumvent this,
> mount the path of the executable using the -X switch to enable cygexec
> for all executables in that folder; you will also need to exclude
> non-cygwin executables with the -x switch. Enabling cygexec causes
> cygwin executables to talk directly to one another, which increases
> the command-line limit. To enable cygexec for `/bin' and `/usr/bin',
> you can use these commands in a batch file:
>
> mount -X -b -f c:\cygwin\bin /bin
> mount -X -b -f c:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin
> mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\strace.exe /usr/bin/strace.exe
> mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\strace.exe /bin/strace.exe
> mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck.exe /usr/bin/cygcheck.exe
> mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck.exe /bin/cygcheck.exe
>
> Note that you must specifically exclude strace and cygcheck, which are
> not linked to the Cygwin DLL.

Unless I'm mistaken, you'll also need to mention that invoking
/bin/cygcheck and /bin/strace (and /usr/bin/cygcheck, and /usr/bin/strace)
won't work with the above -- you'll need to also add

mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\strace.exe /usr/bin/strace
mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\strace.exe /bin/strace
mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck.exe /usr/bin/cygcheck
mount -x -b -f c:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck.exe /bin/cygcheck

to be able to omit the .exe extension.
	Igor

> (See http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount for
> more information.)

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