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From: "Harold Rabbie" <hzrabbie AT comcast DOT net>
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Subject: RE: make v3.80: *** [hello] Error 255
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 15:06:18 -0700
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Yeah, I read that thread, and it refers to a problem with very long command
lines.  I don't think "gcc -o hello hello.c" qualifies.
 
cygcheck says:
 
$ cygcheck -s -v -r
Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Mon May 08 14:39:55 2006
Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2
Path:   \usr\vast\comet5\gcc\bin
        \windows\system32
        .
`id' program not found

Strange....  id is there

$ which id
/usr/vast/comet5/gcc/bin/id
$ ls -l /usr/vast/comet5/gcc/bin/id
-rwxr-xr-x    1 h.rabbie mkpasswd    26112 Jan  7  2003
/usr/vast/comet5/gcc/bin/id
$ echo $PATH
/usr/vast/comet5/gcc/bin:/windows/system32:

Must be something to do with spawning a sub-process
(applies both to make and to cygcheck)
 
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Harig, Mark" <maharig AT idirect DOT net>

The thread that starts here might be useful to you:

"Make error 255 bug"

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg01605.html

Also, providing the output of 'cygcheck -s -v -r' as an
attachment might reveal something that someone on
this list could use to identify the source of the
problem you're having.  Please see also:

http://cygwin.com/problems.html

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf
Of Harold Rabbie
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:39 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: make v3.80: *** [hello] Error 255

This is the dumbest thing.  The makefile couldn't be simpler:

$ cat makefile
hello:  hello.c
        gcc -o hello hello.c

When I run this, I get:

$ make
gcc -o hello hello.c
make: *** [hello] Error 255


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