Re: spawn: Invalid argument

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-09 07:55:47

Joel de Guzman <joel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I just moved the Spirit codebase to the boost CVS. Now, when I
> issue a command:
>
> bjam -sTOOLS=mingw test
>
> I get:
>
> gcc-Link-action 
> ..\..\..\bin\boost\libs\spirit\test\match_tests.test\mingw\debug\match_tes
> ts.exe
> spawn: Invalid argument
>
> Any clues? The path to mingw is ok:
> MINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=C:\dev\tools\MinGW_32
>
> the command:
>
> g++ --version
>
> gives
>
> g++ (GCC) 3.2 (mingw special 20020817-1)
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> As expected. Now:
>
> bjam -d+4 -sTOOLS=mingw test
>
> Gives me:
>
> Executing raw command directly
> Executing command ["C:\dev\tools\MinGW_32\bin\g++"] 
> ["-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base"] [-g]
> [-mno-cygwin] [-o] 
> ["..\..\..\bin\boost\libs\spirit\test\match_tests.test\mingw\debug\matc
> h_tests.exe"] [-L"C:/dev/tools/MinGW_32/lib"] 
> ["..\..\..\bin\boost\libs\spirit\test\match_
> tests.test\mingw\debug\match_tests.obj"]
> spawn: Invalid argument
>
> Any clues? I have no problem with the vc7.1 tool.

I'm guessing it's those quotes. Rene, haven't you looked into this
multiple times already? Any clues yet?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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