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List:       mingw-msys
Subject:    Re: [Mingw-msys] Ignored command line options
From:       Keith MARSHALL <keith.marshall () total ! com>
Date:       2005-12-19 10:01:48
Message-ID: OF13B741DD.B0597260-ON802570DC.00361128-802570DC.003718D2 () total ! com
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Christian Gudrian wrote:
> I have just downloaded the most recent version of MingW and MSYS.
> Now I have the problem, that MSYS obviously does not pass on command
> line options to the called progam.
>
> Example using MSYS:
>
> Gudrian@DEMETER ~
> $ gcc --version
> gcc.exe: no input files
>
> The --version parameter is not passed on to gcc.

IIRC, this happens when you ignore the installation instructions,
and install MSYS and MinGW into the same tree -- you MUST NOT put
MinGW binaries into the MSYS /bin directory.

> When I use CMD.EXE, everything works as expected:
>
> C:\msys\bin>gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
> Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

And this tends to confirm that you have installed incorrectly.

You should remove your entire C:/msys directory tree, and reinstall
correctly.  The default installation paths are `C:/MSYS/1.0' for MSYS,
and `C:/MinGW' for MinGW.  I recommend that you stick with these
recommended defaults -- you may change the drive designator, if that
suits you better, but it's best to keep the same paths otherwise.

After installation, /etc/fstab in your MSYS tree should have the
mount specification `C:/MinGW<tab>/mingw' -- (N.B <tab> is the single
ASCII TAB character).

HTH.
Keith.


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