Should I report errors I get while compiling?

[lee321987]

   The subject is my question.
   The last time I ran "make" in Cygwin (April 20 2008 at 7:20pm Eastern) the last three lines were:

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   collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [/home/Will/rockbox/build/apps/rockbox.elf] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2
   Also, how can I get Cygwin to write it's results to a text file, or at least give the window more room to fill (so the top isn't truncated)?

[bluebrother]

The last time I ran "make" in Cygwin (April 20 2008 at 7:20pm Eastern) the last three lines were:

Your build failed. If the build itself is fine (check the build server status page) it should work, if it doesn't the error is on your side. There's no help in reporting build errors if they are on your side. If you want to ask for assistance building that's a different story ...

Also, how can I get Cygwin to write it's results to a text file, or at least give the window more room to fill (so the top isn't truncated)?

1. change the settings of the window (click the icon on the top left)
2. use the redirecting pipe -- i.e., "make > file.txt"

[lee321987]

   Assistance.  Yes please.  Is there a Cygwin command to revert ALL of my patches at once?  Also, if I delete a file will "SVN update" download a new one?



   EDIT:  I ran "svn revert -R ." then "svn update".  Make still ends with the same error.
   does "revert -R ." revert patches AND things I changed with a text editor.

[yapper]

if I delete a file will "SVN update" download a new one?

Yes - and it will tell you it has done so

[saratoga]

do a make veryclean and then rerun tools/configure. 

[lee321987]

   Well, just before I read your post, Saratoga, I deleted everything in my 'build' dir, and then everything went well.
   Is 'make veryclean' a command.  And is there some character(s) i can type after a command to get help on it (like "/?" in DOS)?

[cool_walking_]

Generally with Unix programs, "-h" or "--help" will give you syntax information, though it differs from program to program.

make is a program which, basically, runs a set of commands that are stipulated in the Makefile.  You can see that "veryclean" is a target in the Makefile, which doesn't do anything itself, but depends upon the "clean" and "toolsclean" targets, causing them to be run.

veryclean: clean toolsclean

toolsclean:
   $(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(TOOLSDIR) clean

clean:
   $(SILENT)echo Cleaning build directory
   $(SILENT)rm -rf rockbox.zip TAGS apps firmware comsim sim lang.[ch]                  manual *.pdf *.a credits.raw rockbox.ipod bitmaps pluginbitmaps                     UI256.bmp rockbox-full.zip              html txt rockbox-manual*.zip sysfont.h rockbox-info.txt              voicefontids *.wav *.mp3 *.voice max_language_size.h

Your Makefile will be different depending on what sort of build you are making, since it is generated by the rockbox/tools/configure script.