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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 5 October 2009.