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Re: gcc (as.exe) install error


Doh.  I didn't notice that the list doesn't set the "reply-to" header.
:)

--Danny

Danny wrote regarding 'Re: gcc (as.exe) install error' on Sun, Nov 10 at 17:59:
> Danny,
> 
> The dialog regarding your problems with GCC and / or "as" (or whatever the 
> real problem ultimately turns out to be) should take place in public.
> 
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
> 
> 
> -==- Forwarded Message -==-
> 
> I'm not in front of the machine, but for the time being I'll add this:
> 
> When I copy that path and paste it in on the command line, it runs
> just fine (well, as fine as something that expects something on STDIN
> can run).  I can add "--help" and it displays the help.
> 
> I've done a complete uninstall, followed by a reboot and a complete
> install (by selecting "uninstall" and then "install" at the root of
> the software tree) on that machine, and the same thing happens.
> 
> I'll check the version that got reinstalled Mon morning.  Thanks for
> the help so far.  The community rocks.
> 
> --Danny
> 
> Randall wrote regarding 'Re: gcc (as.exe) install error' on Fri, Nov 08 at 
> 00:32:
>  > Danny,
>  >
>  > Well, you do have binutils installed, but it's not the latest (see
>  > <http://www.cygwin.com/packages/binutils/>). When you installed GCC 3.2,
>  > did you also update binutils? Why don't you update all your installed 
> packages?
>  >
>  > On my system, that rather long, funky pathname (in the gcc "cannot exec"
>  > diagnostic) names a symlink which itself points to /usr/bin/as.exe.
>  >
>  > What is it on your system?
>  >
>  > Randall Schulz
>  > Mountain View, CA USA
>  >
>  >
>  > At 08:25 2002-11-07, Danny Sauer wrote:
>  > >Danny wrote regarding 'gcc (as.exe) install error' on Wed, Nov 06 at 17:13:
>  > >...
>  > > > $ gcc -o test.exe test.c
>  > > > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec
>  > > 
> '/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/as.exe':
>  > > Invalid argument
>  > >...
>  > >
>  > >Attached is the output of cygcheck -s -v -r, if that helps.
> 
> 
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