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

[oyster <lepto python gmail com>]

$ gcc hello.vala.c
hello.vala.c:5:18: fatal error: glib.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

#the following line means gobject-2.0 is installed on my msys2, and
can be found by pkg-config
$ gcc hello.vala.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gobject-2.0)

$ ./a.exe
hello

2016-06-21 23:55 GMT+08:00 oyster <lepto python gmail com>:
> for my old msys/mingw
> "echo $CC" is empty
>
> $ valac --cc=gcc hello.vala
> error: Failed to execute child process (Exec format error)
> error: Failed to execute child process (Exec format error)
> error: Failed to execute child process (Exec format error)
> Compilation failed: 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
>
> $ gcc
> gcc.exe: fatal error: no input files
> compilation terminated.
>
> 2016-06-21 23:21 GMT+08:00 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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