[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-1603005 ] dlltool from binutils-2.17.50-20060824-1.tar.gz is broken

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Bugs item #1603005, was opened at 2006-11-25 23:58
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Submitted By: Tim Mayberry (timbyr)
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Summary: dlltool from binutils-2.17.50-20060824-1.tar.gz is broken

Initial Comment:
Trying to create an import library as described on this page:

http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/CreateImportLibraries

does not work for me with the dlltool distributed in the binutils package version mentioned in the summary(2.17.50-20060824-1)

$ dlltool --input-def libxml2.def --output-lib libxml2.a    
C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\dlltool.exe: CreateProcess

$ ls -sh libxml2.a 
   0 libxml2.a

Replacing dlltool with the version distributed in the binutils package binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1.tar.gz works as I would expect.

$ dlltool --input-def libxml2.def --output-lib libxml2.a

$ ls -sh libxml2.a 
603k libxml2.a


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>Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2006-11-27 07:34

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Could you attach the libxml2.def file?  Then we might know the contents
that cause the problem.

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Comment By: Tim Mayberry (timbyr)
Date: 2006-11-26 22:28

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Using cmd.exe

>set PATH=C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin;%PATH%

>set PATH
Path=C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH

>dlltool -S=C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\as.exe --input-def libxml2.def
--output-lib libxml2.a
dlltool: CreateProcess

So it appears to give the same error. In case it helps here is a list of
packages I have installed, let me know if there is any other information
about my environment I can provide that may help.

MSYS-1.0.10.exe
msysDTK-1.0.1.exe
msys-autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
msys-libtool-1.5.tar.bz2

binutils-2.17.50-20060824-1.tar.gz
gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz
gcc-g++-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz
mingw-runtime-3.11.tar.gz
mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz
mingw32-make-3.81-1.tar.gz
w32api-3.8.tar.gz


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Comment By: Danny Smith (dannysmith)
Date: 2006-11-26 02:20

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That version works for me.  The "CreateProcess" error message suggest that
libiberty function  pex_win32_exec_child is having trouble spawning as.exe.
 

Does it work from native cmd shell?

What does 
dlltool -S=<explicit-full-DOS-path-to-as.exe> --input-def libxml2.def
--output-lib libxml2.a
say?

Danny
 

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