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[Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

Running Windows XP SP1, Dev-C++ full install 4.9.8.0.  Created a new 
console application project and inserted a "hello, world" print 
statement into the source.  I'm getting some kind of subcommand 
dispatching error when I try to build:

----
process_begin C:\Proj\playpen\process_begin
CreateProcess(C:\DJGPP\bin\sh.exe, C:/DJGPP/bin/sh.exe -c "g++.exe -c 
main.cpp -o main.o -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++\" 
-I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/mingw32\" 
-I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/backward\"  -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include\"  ", ...) 
failed.
-----
make (e=87) C:\Proj\playpen\make (e=87)
The parameter is incorrect.
-----
  C:\Proj\playpen\Makefile.win
[Build Error]  [main.o] Error 87
-----

I replicated this by going into the source dir with a command prompt and 
typing "make -f Makefile.win".  Behaves in just the same way.

It looks to me as though the g++ command isn't getting off the ground. 
Now, it's odd to me that my Dev-C++ directory try contains no sh.exe at 
all - you'll note that it's trying to run one from a DJGPP directory 
that occurs later in the PATH chain.  Which, by the way, is:

Path=C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;C:\DJGPP\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program 
Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System

Any clues?  Do I need to update or reinstall to get that sh.exe?

Thanks in advance
Doug

Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

A follow-up on this problem.

I can build successfully if I open a Command Prompt window, cd to the 
project dir, and type "make -f Makefile.win -n" to get the commands make 
would issue to build the app, then issue them manually.  This works 
fine, and I get an app that works.

If I then type, in the Command Prompt window, "Make -f Makfile.win", I 
get the message that nothing needs to be built - again, correctly.

Assuming that "make -f Makefile.win" is the command issued by the 
Dev-C++ "Execute-->Compile" menu item, this seems to imply that the 
problem lies in the glue between Make and its subcommands, e.g., g++.

==> Anybody know what is going on here?  I am working with my second 
install of Dev-C++.  I first was trying to use an executable-only 
version in conjunction with DJGPP.  Could I be dealing with leftover 
cruft from that?

Doug

Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

I guess I posted the problem below to the wrong list. I see mostly 
general C++/Windows sw devel questions happening here.  Can somehone 
suggest a place to post an under the hood dev-C++ problem?

Thanks,
Doug

> Running Windows XP SP1, Dev-C++ full install 4.9.8.0.  Created a new 
> console application project and inserted a "hello, world" print 
> statement into the source.  I'm getting some kind of subcommand 
> dispatching error when I try to build:
> 
> ---- process_begin C:\Proj\playpen\process_begin 
> CreateProcess(C:\DJGPP\bin\sh.exe, C:/DJGPP/bin/sh.exe -c "g++.exe -c
>  main.cpp -o main.o -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++\" 
> -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/mingw32\" 
> -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/backward\"  -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include\"  ", 
> ...) failed. ----- make (e=87) C:\Proj\playpen\make (e=87) The 
> parameter is incorrect. ----- C:\Proj\playpen\Makefile.win [Build 
> Error]  [main.o] Error 87 -----
> 
> I replicated this by going into the source dir with a command prompt 
> and typing "make -f Makefile.win".  Behaves in just the same way.
> 
> It looks to me as though the g++ command isn't getting off the 
> ground. Now, it's odd to me that my Dev-C++ directory try contains no
>  sh.exe at all - you'll note that it's trying to run one from a DJGPP
>  directory that occurs later in the PATH chain.  Which, by the way, 
> is:
> 
> Path=C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;C:\DJGPP\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
>  Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System
> 
> Any clues?  Do I need to update or reinstall to get that sh.exe?
> 
> Thanks in advance Doug
> 
> A follow-up on this problem.
> 
> I can build successfully if I open a Command Prompt window, cd to the
> project dir, and type "make -f Makefile.win -n" to get the commands
> make would issue to build the app, then issue them manually.  This
> works fine, and I get an app that works.
> 
> If I then type, in the Command Prompt window, "Make -f Makfile.win",
> I get the message that nothing needs to be built - again, correctly.
> 
> Assuming that "make -f Makefile.win" is the command issued by the
> Dev-C++ "Execute-->Compile" menu item, this seems to imply that the
> problem lies in the glue between Make and its subcommands, e.g., g++.
> 
> 
> ==> Anybody know what is going on here?  I am working with my second
> install of Dev-C++.  I first was trying to use an executable-only
> version in conjunction with DJGPP.  Could I be dealing with leftover
> cruft from that?
> 
> Doug

Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Alvin T. <al...@th...>]

if you installed MinGW or mSys yourself, you're probably pointing to the 
wrong 'make.exe' program. don't use the one in the MinGW dir 
('make-mingw.exe' or something like that). try the one in the mSys 
directory.

hth,
alvin


Doug MacDonald wrote:
> Running Windows XP SP1, Dev-C++ full install 4.9.8.0.  Created a new 
> console application project and inserted a "hello, world" print 
> statement into the source.  I'm getting some kind of subcommand 
> dispatching error when I try to build:
> 
> ----
> process_begin C:\Proj\playpen\process_begin
> CreateProcess(C:\DJGPP\bin\sh.exe, C:/DJGPP/bin/sh.exe -c "g++.exe -c 
> main.cpp -o main.o -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++\" 
> -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/mingw32\" 
> -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/backward\"  -I\"C:/Dev-Cpp/include\"  ", ...) 
> failed.
> -----
> make (e=87) C:\Proj\playpen\make (e=87)
> The parameter is incorrect.
> -----
>  C:\Proj\playpen\Makefile.win
> [Build Error]  [main.o] Error 87
> -----
> 
> I replicated this by going into the source dir with a command prompt and 
> typing "make -f Makefile.win".  Behaves in just the same way.
> 
> It looks to me as though the g++ command isn't getting off the ground. 
> Now, it's odd to me that my Dev-C++ directory try contains no sh.exe at 
> all - you'll note that it's trying to run one from a DJGPP directory 
> that occurs later in the PATH chain.  Which, by the way, is:
> 
> Path=C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;C:\DJGPP\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program 
> Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System
> 
> Any clues?  Do I need to update or reinstall to get that sh.exe?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Doug
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

 > Alvin Thompson wrote:

> if you installed MinGW or mSys yourself, you're probably pointing to
> the wrong 'make.exe' program. don't use the one in the MinGW dir
> ('make-mingw.exe' or something like that). try the one in the mSys
> directory.
> 
> hth, alvin

Umm, not sure what mSys is.

What I did was to download and install the full dev-c++ IDE, which 
includes a mingw distribution of g++ and friends.  So it should be 
completely generic.

The only guess I can make is that there's some settings state left over 
from when I was using the subset version of dev-c++, which has the class 
browser but no compilation platform.  ( I first tried to use the subset 
dev-c++ with the DJGPP distribution of g++ etc., which the app I am 
working on has as its official compilaton platform.  I never got it to 
work either: it was missing a couple of utilities that dev-c++ needs, 
windres and dllwrap. )

I think there was some email a week or two back about finding and nuking 
one's dev-c++ settings.  I may go and have a look for it.

Doug

[Dev-C++] Mingw g++.exe: Not enough memory (ENOMEM)

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

Hi,

I'm getting ENOMEM failure from g++.exe when I try to build my project. 
  Any suggestions?  I don't think it's a lack of physical memory: my PC 
has 1GB.  When I run Norton System Info it shows Free: 3486 MB, Used: 
262 MB.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Doug

Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Alvin T. <al...@th...>]

yup, that might be it. under Tools-->Compiler 
Options-->Directories-->Binaries make sure these are first in the list:
c:\Dev-cpp\bin
c:\Dev-cpp\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\3.2

(this assumes 4.9.8.7)

also, under Tools-->Compiler-->Programs:

gcc: gcc.exe
g++: g++.exe
make: make.exe
gdb: gdb.exe
windres: windres.exe
dllwrap: dllwrap.exe
gprof: gprof.exe

hth,
alvin


Doug MacDonald wrote:
>  > Alvin Thompson wrote:
> 
>> if you installed MinGW or mSys yourself, you're probably pointing to
>> the wrong 'make.exe' program. don't use the one in the MinGW dir
>> ('make-mingw.exe' or something like that). try the one in the mSys
>> directory.
>>
>> hth, alvin
> 
> 
> Umm, not sure what mSys is.
> 
> What I did was to download and install the full dev-c++ IDE, which 
> includes a mingw distribution of g++ and friends.  So it should be 
> completely generic.
> 
> The only guess I can make is that there's some settings state left over 
> from when I was using the subset version of dev-c++, which has the class 
> browser but no compilation platform.  ( I first tried to use the subset 
> dev-c++ with the DJGPP distribution of g++ etc., which the app I am 
> working on has as its official compilaton platform.  I never got it to 
> work either: it was missing a couple of utilities that dev-c++ needs, 
> windres and dllwrap. )
> 
> I think there was some email a week or two back about finding and nuking 
> one's dev-c++ settings.  I may go and have a look for it.
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

Alvin: Thanks for the suggestion.  I have added the gcc binary and lib 
directory paths to the tools->compiler options->directories->binaries 
list as well as the gcc library path to the tools->compiler 
options->directories->libraries list.  Didn't get rid of the problem 
though... By now you'll have seen my other thread.  I got down another 
layer last night and g++.exe is exiting with "not enough memory" 
(ENOMEM).  I'm still seeing this after the changes above.

One thing about all this I don't understand is why dev-c++ doesn't have 
its own sh.exe for dispatching make commands.  Do you know the reason 
for this?  If I didn't have \DJGPP\bin in my PATH, what would it do?

Doug

> yup, that might be it. under Tools-->Compiler
> Options-->Directories-->Binaries make sure these are first in the
> list: c:\Dev-cpp\bin c:\Dev-cpp\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\3.2
> 
> (this assumes 4.9.8.7)
> 
> also, under Tools-->Compiler-->Programs:
> 
> gcc: gcc.exe g++: g++.exe make: make.exe gdb: gdb.exe windres:
> windres.exe dllwrap: dllwrap.exe gprof: gprof.exe
> 
> hth, alvin
> 
> 
> Doug MacDonald wrote:
> 
>>> Alvin Thompson wrote:
>> 
>>> if you installed MinGW or mSys yourself, you're probably pointing
>>> to the wrong 'make.exe' program. don't use the one in the MinGW
>>> dir ('make-mingw.exe' or something like that). try the one in the
>>> mSys directory.
>>> 
>>> hth, alvin
>> 
>> Umm, not sure what mSys is.
>> 
>> What I did was to download and install the full dev-c++ IDE, which
>> includes a mingw distribution of g++ and friends.  So it should be
>> completely generic.
>> 
>> The only guess I can make is that there's some settings state left
>> over from when I was using the subset version of dev-c++, which has
>> the class browser but no compilation platform.  ( I first tried to
>> use the subset dev-c++ with the DJGPP distribution of g++ etc.,
>> which the app I am working on has as its official compilaton
>> platform.  I never got it to work either: it was missing a couple
>> of utilities that dev-c++ needs, windres and dllwrap. )
>> 
>> I think there was some email a week or two back about finding and
>> nuking one's dev-c++ settings.  I may go and have a look for it.
>> 
>> Doug
> 

Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Alvin T. <al...@th...>]

hmm...that may be your problem. the make commands shouldn't need any 
sh.exe; everything you need should be in the dev-cp\bin directory. try 
removing it from your path.

-alvin


Doug MacDonald wrote:
> Alvin: Thanks for the suggestion.  I have added the gcc binary and lib 
> directory paths to the tools->compiler options->directories->binaries 
> list as well as the gcc library path to the tools->compiler 
> options->directories->libraries list.  Didn't get rid of the problem 
> though... By now you'll have seen my other thread.  I got down another 
> layer last night and g++.exe is exiting with "not enough memory" 
> (ENOMEM).  I'm still seeing this after the changes above.
> 
> One thing about all this I don't understand is why dev-c++ doesn't have 
> its own sh.exe for dispatching make commands.  Do you know the reason 
> for this?  If I didn't have \DJGPP\bin in my PATH, what would it do?
> 
> Doug
> 
>> yup, that might be it. under Tools-->Compiler
>> Options-->Directories-->Binaries make sure these are first in the
>> list: c:\Dev-cpp\bin c:\Dev-cpp\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\3.2
>>
>> (this assumes 4.9.8.7)
>>
>> also, under Tools-->Compiler-->Programs:
>>
>> gcc: gcc.exe g++: g++.exe make: make.exe gdb: gdb.exe windres:
>> windres.exe dllwrap: dllwrap.exe gprof: gprof.exe
>>
>> hth, alvin
>>
>>
>> Doug MacDonald wrote:
>>
>>>> Alvin Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> if you installed MinGW or mSys yourself, you're probably pointing
>>>> to the wrong 'make.exe' program. don't use the one in the MinGW
>>>> dir ('make-mingw.exe' or something like that). try the one in the
>>>> mSys directory.
>>>>
>>>> hth, alvin
>>>
>>>
>>> Umm, not sure what mSys is.
>>>
>>> What I did was to download and install the full dev-c++ IDE, which
>>> includes a mingw distribution of g++ and friends.  So it should be
>>> completely generic.
>>>
>>> The only guess I can make is that there's some settings state left
>>> over from when I was using the subset version of dev-c++, which has
>>> the class browser but no compilation platform.  ( I first tried to
>>> use the subset dev-c++ with the DJGPP distribution of g++ etc.,
>>> which the app I am working on has as its official compilaton
>>> platform.  I never got it to work either: it was missing a couple
>>> of utilities that dev-c++ needs, windres and dllwrap. )
>>>
>>> I think there was some email a week or two back about finding and
>>> nuking one's dev-c++ settings.  I may go and have a look for it.
>>>
>>> Doug
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

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Re: [Dev-C++] CreateProcess balks during compile operation

[Doug M. <dou...@al...>]

Pulling c:\djgpp\bin from my path did it - built my "hello" toy app like 
a dream.  Tx

Doug

> hmm...that may be your problem. the make commands shouldn't need any
> sh.exe; everything you need should be in the dev-cp\bin directory.
> try removing it from your path.
> 
> -alvin
> 
> Doug MacDonald wrote:
> 
>> ...
>> One thing about all this I don't understand is why dev-c++ doesn't
>> have its own sh.exe for dispatching make commands.  Do you know the
>> reason for this?  If I didn't have \DJGPP\bin in my PATH, what
>> would it do?
>> 
>> Doug