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#462 Clean target uses non-native tool
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2012-09-26
2004-12-02
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The "clean" target which is executed via the IDE fails
because it tries to use "rm" to clear the files.
"rm" is not part of MingW but MSYS, and I doubt every
user has MSYS correctly installed.
So I suggest changing this to another built-in command
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mingw doesn't not include rm, but we do (for the time
being):
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=274022
so rm is in c:\dev-cpp\bin directory, doesn't need to be
installed separately.
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mingw-make also defines ${RM} which points to rm -f. this
bug is related to
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1006287&group_id=10639&atid=360639
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Im using Dev-C++ with an external MingW setup integrated so
"rm" isnt there.
Ive read the suggestion in the developer forum about the
"Windows_NT" workaround and Id vote for it, since this
dependancy on "rm" is the only exception where Dev-C++
relies on something not included with stock MingW
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problem is when I do
RM= del /f/q
when dev-c++ rebuilds project by
make -f Makefile.win clean all
it fails when del /f/q returns error code when one of the
files doesn't exist. rm -f doesn't return error when one of
files doesn't exist
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Ok if Dev-C++ depends on it what about bundling it in a
"tools" subdir independant of MingW being included or not,
and using this copy of rm.
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something like this is much better tough:
https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=2882821
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done in cvs http://www.castlesofpoland.com/dev-cpp/devcpp.exe
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FYI:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1081447&group_id=10639&atid=110639
del doesn't seem to work correctly with dev-c++ and its
makefiles. nobody seems to know how to solve it, if this is
confirmed the best thing to do would be to go back to rm.
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I rolled back dev-cpp to use rm instead of del.
see discussion:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1081447&group_id=10639&atid=110639
there are no problems with simple
del file,
but when you switch to del from rm, del accepts only \ as
path delimiter, while rm on windows accepts both. additional
problems occur when path and/or file name contains spaces:
del accepts format "some dir\some file", but rm needs rm
"some\ dir/some\ file" which causes all sorts of problems
and clean section is no longer just "rm -f $(OBJ) $(BIN)".
I'm reopening this bug report.
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So is something changed now?
If "rm" is still used why isnt it bundled with the
non-mingw version?
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it's definitely something to think about for next dev-c++.
in meantime the best solution would be to unpack binutils
devpack and copy rm.exe into your bin directory