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: Sun, 8 May 2005 19:05:31 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Solution, possible FAQ entry: make problem: execvp: /bin/sh: Illegal Argument Message-ID: <20050508230531.GC3896@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <427BE5FE DOT 7020000 AT fabeljet DOT com> <20050508003215 DOT GA24398 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 12:48:00PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >> >On 5/6/05, J?rgen 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, J?rgen): > > >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, "too long" It's not just the command line, it's also the environment being too large. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/