Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu!entropy From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: GCC compile error Message-ID: Date: 15 May 91 23:09:01 GMT References: <9105082156.aa25310@Bonnie.ics.uci.edu> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: Not Proud Programmers Lines: 32 In-Reply-To: wolfram@akela.informatik.rwth-aachen.de's message of 15 May 91 11:54:09 GMT In article wolfram@akela.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Wolfram Roesler) writes: >bferrer@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU writes: >>can't find d:\tmp/cc100000.s >I had that problem too. It seems that gcc had not fully been ported from >Unix, so some filespecs still use slashes. >However, the slashes arent really the problem since TOS can deal with >filenames containing slashes. So, the file mentioned above would have >the name `tmp/cc100000.s' and be in the root directory of drive d. >Since the part of the filename is longer than 8 chars, TOS runs into >trouble. >I didnt find a solution (maybe patching gcc.ttp could help). Try to get >hold of a newer gcc version (I have one that works). The problem is the GCCEXEC variable being set or not set at all. RTFR that came with the program to learn how to set the var correctly. Example (for GULAM): setenv GCCEXEC d:/gccbin/gcc- The error message is misleading (read: wrong) and the problem has nothing to do with the temp file. -- entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu entropy. . .it's not just a good idea, it's the second law. Boycott Lotus, Apple, Ashton-Tate and Xerox. Join the League for Programming Freedom! Write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu for more information.