Re: another "C compiler cannot create executables"

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Randall R Schulz wrote:

> Unfortunately, with a name as short as "as," you get many spurious hits.

Searches for "bin/as" or "as.exe" both result in a manageable number of
hits.  In general, if the exact program name is known, appending a ".exe"
or prepending "bin/" (or both) is usually a safe course...
	Igor

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Randall R Schulz wrote:

> Fernando,
>
> "As" is the assembler. It's part of the "binutils" package. If you don't
> have "as," it's probably because you didn't select the "binutils" package
> for installation.
>
> It has been a common design element in Unix compilers for decades for the
> code generator to produce assembly, not machine code. Then a separate pass
> by the assembler produces object code.
>
>
> When in doubt about missing tools, go here: <http://cygwin.com/packages/>
> to check which package contains a particular binary. Unfortunately, with a
> name as short as "as," you get many spurious hits. In this case, the
> summary text for each package in the listing might be a better source of
> information:
>
> - binutils
>    The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
>
>
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
>
>
> At 12:25 2002-08-17, Fernando Martins wrote:
>
> >I've the same symptom as Piyush Kacha but the cause seems different:
> >
> >(from config.log)
> >configure:2422: checking for C compiler default output
> >configure:2425: gcc -D_WIN32   conftest.c  >&5
> >gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory
> >configure:2428: $? = 1
> >configure: failed program was:
> >
> >What's 'as'? Doesn't seem to be a package. What can I do?
> >
> >Maybe related, the previous version of gcc (2.95.3-5) was GPFing (for
> >unknown reason to me) and that's why I upgraded.
> >
> >Any help appreciated,
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Fernando Martins
>
>
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