Re: Windows error messages

2019-09-10 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Paul Smith > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:58:59 -0400 > > ! process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, foobar, ...) failed. > ! make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified. > ! make: *** [work/misc/general4.mk.7;3: all] Error 2 > > Aside from the error code, is there a good reason to show

Windows error messages

2019-09-10 Thread Paul Smith
It's always annoyed me that the Windows error messages generated by make are so much different (and, arguably, less understandable) than the ones it generates on other platforms. For example on GNU/Linux: ! make: foobar: No such file or directory ! make: *** [work/misc/general4.mk.7;3