Why are the executable files in my new toolchain zero bytes in size?
Question
Why are the executable files in my new toolchain zero bytes in size?Answer
Zero-length files are almost always broken hard links created during extraction of the tar file. This problem is currently known to occur when using WinZip or 7-Zip to extract tar files. Other Windows Zip-based utilities may exhibit the same bug.
To solve this problem, we recommend using Windows versions of bzip2 and tar provided by the Gnuwin32 project here:
Bzip2
Tar
This entry was last updated on 8 March 2013.