Can you provide two things: 1. A minimal Makefile that exhibits the problem
2. Your make version number; is this a native build or part of CYGWIN? John. On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 17:36, Rob Juergens <rjuerg...@esri.com> wrote: > In Windows 7 on a 64-bit machine, the development system (MS Visual Studio) > is, by default, installed into a directory named “Program Files (x86)”. > Apparently, the present of the “(x86)” in the name is causing the variable > expansion routines to recurse forever. > > > > In my makefile, I have the line: > > > > x86 := $(strip $(shell ls -d "$(SystemDrive)/Program Files (x86)" 2>nul)) > > > > Sometimes, make just crashes (with a stack overflow from recursive calls), > and other times, it bails with the message “_main: memory allocation error > during startup” (which is a Windoze error message). > > > > Please let me know if there is anything more I can provide or do for you in > this area. Our build process uses GNU make on all platforms (including > Windoze), and until we can solve this issue we are stuck in a 32-bit XP > environment. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob Juergens > > rjuerg...@esri.com > > (909) 754-5106 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Make-w32 mailing list > Make-w32@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32 > > -- My book: The Geek Atlas, 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive http://geekatlas.com/ Signed copies: http://bit.ly/eSvmsV _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list Make-w32@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
