Re: [Mingw-users] Current MinGW GCC gives no output on failures?

[KHMan <kei...@gm...>]

On 5/20/2015 4:59 PM, Clive Crous wrote:
> I'm having trouble with failed compiles not giving any output at
> all (unless the input source file is completely missing).
>
> I've used mingw-get to install everything on my system, and it
> appears that gcc/g++ simply don't output errors anymore? Is there
> something I'm missing here?
>
> I've attached a screenshot.

With a zero byte a.c, I've consistently got:
$ gcc a.c
e:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):(.text.startup+0xa7): 
undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

If you compile-only using -c, then the zero byte a.c gives a 406 
byte a.o file. Using installed gcc 4.8.1, I didn't install 
everything though.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia