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Re: run2.exe segfaults when GDI and X11 elements are present
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Andy Koppe wrote:
>
>> Is it trying to hide mintty's console window, but ending up hiding the
>> actual mintty window because mintty is a GUI subsystem app and hence
>> doesn't have a console?
>
> Well, it seems to have /something/ to do with the fact that mintty is a
> GUI app. The original run.exe program doesn't have a problem with
> mintty -- and run.exe has special code to (a) detect if a target is GUI,
> and (b) use an alternate method to spawn the target if so.
>
> run2 doesn't have that. I'll add it, and see if that helps.
Yep, this fixes /that/ issue.
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Chuck
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