Re: [Vala] why valac says "error: Failed to execute child process (Exec format error)"

[ben <iofelben gmail com>]

What does
$ echo $CC
show?

Does 
$ valac --cc=gcc ./hello.vala
work?

On Tue, 2016-06-21 at 22:56 +0800, oyster wrote:
> $ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/c/Windows/System32:/c/Windows:
> /c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:
> /mingw64/bin
>
> to delete all possible things in old Msys, I run
> $ export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/mingw64/bin
>
> $ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/mingw64/bin
>
> $ vala ./hello.vala
> Compilation failed: 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> error: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)
> error: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)
> error: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)
>
> 2016-06-21 22:44 GMT+08:00 Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>:
> > ________________________________
> > From: oyster <lepto python gmail com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 15:38
> > Subject: Re: [Vala] why valac says "error: Failed to execute child
> > process
> > (Exec format error)"
> >
> > Msys2 (msys2-x86_64-20160205.exe) has been installed, and I have
> > used
> > $  pacman -Sy pacman
> > $  pacman -Syu
> > $  pacman -Su
> > which all say " there is nothing to do" now
> >
> >
> > I use this line to install Vala in msys2.exe
> > $  pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-vala
> >
> > then
> > $ export LANG=en
> > $ export PATH=$PATH:/mingw64/bin
> >
> > What does
> > echo $PATH
> > show? Does it still include your old MSYS path so those
> > binaries/libraries
> > are being picked up first?
> >
> >
> > $ vala ./hello.vala
> > Compilation failed: 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> > error: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)
> > error: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)
> > error: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)
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