["Maynard, Chris" <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx>]

I ran into the same problem when I upgraded to the latest version of the cygwin coreutils.  Apparently it contains a “link.exe”.  When you try to build Ethereal and get to the wiretap link stage, it fails, because it invokes the wrong link.exe.  To fix this, I modified the config.nmake file and changed the line that used to read:

 

PATH=c:\cygwin\bin;$(PATH)

to:

            PATH=$(PATH);c:\cygwin\bin

 

You might want to check your path environment variable to ensure that cygwin\bin does not come before the visual studio bin directory.

 

If this is a good resolution to this problem, perhaps it should be changed in the svn archive?

 

- Chris

(P.S. Here’s a reference to the problem reported on cygwin’s mailing list: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-12/msg00809.html)

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pavan Rudravaram
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:40 PM
To: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Ethereal-dev] probelms building ethereal-0.10.8 on win XP native

 

Hi,

 

I think i have taken all required precautions for installing the pre Reqs but still i have the following error while building the source. Please advice me if i am missing out something or if i am building it wrong. Please find below the error.

 

 

Thanks a million in advance,

Pavan

 

 

 

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al.c vms.c wtap.c ascend-grammar.c ascend-scanner.c
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8804 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved.

 

5views.c
airopeek9.c
ascend.c
atm.c
buffer.c
cosine.c
csids.c
dbs-etherwatch.c
erf.c
etherpeek.c
eyesdn.c
file_access.c
file_wrappers.c
hcidump.c
i4btrace.c
iptrace.c
lanalyzer.c
libpcap.c
netmon.c
nettl.c
Generating Code...
Compiling...
network_instruments.c
netxray.c
ngsniffer.c
pppdump.c
radcom.c
snoop.c
toshiba.c
visual.c
vms.c
wtap.c
ascend-grammar.c
ascend-scanner.c
Generating Code...
        link /NODEFAULTLIB /INCREMENTAL:NO /PDB:NONE /RELEASE /NOLOGO -entry:_Dl
lMainCRTStartup@12 -dll msvcrt.lib oldnames.lib kernel32.lib  ws2_32.lib mswsock
..lib advapi32.lib  /DEBUG  /DEF:wtap.def /OUT:wiretap-0.1.dll  /IMPLIB:wiretap-0
..1.lib  ..\image\wiretap.res  5views.obj                 airopeek9.obj
 ascend.obj              atm.obj                         buffer.obj
 cosine.obj              csids.obj                       dbs-etherwatch.obj
 erf.obj                         etherpeek.obj              eyesdn.obj
 file_access.obj                 file_wrappers.obj               hcidump.obj
         i4btrace.obj            iptrace.obj             lanalyzer.obj
 libpcap.obj             netmon.obj              nettl.obj
 network_instruments.obj         netxray.obj             ngsniffer.obj
 pppdump.obj             radcom.obj              snoop.obj
 toshiba.obj             visual.obj              vms.obj
 wtap.obj ascend-grammar.obj     ascend-scanner.obj C:\ethereal-win32-libs\glib\
lib\glib-2.0.lib  C:\ethereal-win32-libs\glib\lib\gmodule-2.0.lib  C:\ethereal-w
in32-libs\glib\lib\gobject-2.0.lib       C:\ethereal-win32-libs\zlib122-dll\lib\
zdll.lib
link: too many arguments
Try `link --help' for more information.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin\N
MAKE.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

 

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