android-ndk
Is there a need to check for NULL after allocating memory, when kernel uses overcommit memory
Yes, you should still check for failures returned by malloc. In an environment that overcommits memory you will not be able to detect and recover from failures due to the environment running out of physical storage required when you write to parts of the address space that have been allocated to your program by a … Read more
Ndk-build: CreateProcess: make (e=87): The parameter is incorrect
Maybe the LOCAL_SHORT_COMMANDS flag, to be set in your Android.mk, could help you. It is designed to overcome the limitations on the number of characters a Windows command can handle. According to $(NDK folder)/docs/ANDROID-MK.html: LOCAL_SHORT_COMMANDS Set this variable to ‘true’ when your module has a very high number of sources and/or dependent static or shared … Read more
How to make a symbolic link with Cygwin in Windows 7
In short, define the following environment variable: CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict According to Cygwin documentation: If set to winsymlinks:native or winsymlinks:nativestrict, Cygwin creates symlinks as native Windows symlinks on filesystems and OS versions supporting them. The difference between winsymlinks:native and winsymlinks:nativestrict is this: If the filesystem supports native symlinks and Cygwin fails to create a native symlink for … Read more