It's back -- "gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory"

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 06/02/2014 12:28 PM, David Friedman wrote:

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> Interestingly, the error message now is different. But with my PATH set
> to  either just /bin or just /usr/bin I get this:
>
> GNU C (GCC) version 4.8.3 (i686-pc-cygwin)
>          compiled by GNU C version 4.8.3, GMP version 6.0.0, MPFR version 3.1.2, MPC version 1.0.2
> GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
> Compiler executable checksum: a39cfdacc7868ff2412ca54ce8f22425
> COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-o' 'QC_enc_dec.exe' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
>   as -v -o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/friedman/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccASOmoc.o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/friedman/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccGXQsYR.s
> gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory
>
> Does "as" mean the assembler? If it's not in /bin or /usr/bin, where is it?

It is in /usr/bin.

<https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=x86%2Fbinutils%2Fbinutils-2.24.51-3&grep=as.exe>

-- 
Larry

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