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RE: make v3.80: *** [hello] Error 255
- From: "Harold Rabbie" <hzrabbie at comcast dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 15:06:18 -0700
- Subject: RE: make v3.80: *** [hello] Error 255
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@idirect.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@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Harold Rabbie
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:39 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.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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