From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: error message with mingw32
Date: 29 Jul 1998 03:43:32 GMT
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In article <zbiu18zaNZPb083yn AT rbdc DOT rbdc DOT com>,
jonathan bailey <jbailey AT rbdc DOT rbdc DOT com> wrote:
>I downloaded and installed the mingw32 package with no problems, however when
>I try to compile something I get the message 'cpp.exe: memory exhausted',
>the last time I saw this on a different version of gcc, it was linker
>related, but I don't know if this applies to this verion or not, and right
>now I can't get on the main site for ming (www.xraylith.com i think) to
>see if there are any faq's covering this problem, if anyone knows how to fix
>this, please respond to this post.

I bet djgpp folks appreciate having mingw32 related questions on their
forum ;-) 

Somebody forwarded me the message guessing - correctly - that I don't read 
this newsgroup. You really need to join Gnu-Win32 mailing list (see Cygnus 
Gnu-Win32 project page http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ for more info 
on how to join) where you'll find others who might've had the same problem.

FYI, EGCS Mingw32 home page is at:

  http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/

With that out of the way, with the information you've supplied, there is
no way for me to tell what is wrong! What version of mingw32 egcs (or are
you using FSF Mingw32, ie., the one based on 2.8.1?)? How much memory do 
you really have? Enough disk space left? What OS version are you running; 
Win95 OSR2, WinNT 4.0? So on and so forth. 

Unless there is an odd bug I don't know about, the only reason for this 
message is when you run out of memory!

Mumit