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

Thu Apr 8 22:53:00 GMT 2004

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) '@'.
cgf
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