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Re: Gcc/ld and long command lines (> 32k)


On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 10:07:19PM +0200, Johan Holmberg wrote:
> >A short description of my enironment:
> >
> >- the programs I'm building are C/C++ compilers
> >
> >- I use GCC in Cygwin to get a "second opinion" from another compiler
> >  than the one we use normally (Visual C++).
> >
> >- I use Cons as my build tool (a Perl program).
> >  I use ActiveState Perl (not Cygwin Perl).
> >
> >So yes, I'm working "outside a Cygwin environment".
>
> Ok, so, sorry, but I wasn't thinking clearly.  The '-X' option to mount
> only works when a cygwin programs which invoke another cygwin program.
> If you have a normal windows program running a cygwin program, your only
> option for a longer command line is (shudder) '@'.

Well, Chris, for better or worst, this "feature" does seem to work.  I
did a quick test of this using an @file which is 81k long and it works!
You will need to remount both /usr/bin and /usr/lib with the "--system
--binary -X" options.  Then put your list of objects into @file and run
gcc @file.
For the record, I still feel that a better practice is to do archiving of
object files and link with the library, but if this gets you going, this
time, more power to ya.

> cgf

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