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Re: combination of bash and cmd.exe causes fatal error when used under CYGWIN=tty
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:34:41 -0400
- Subject: Re: combination of bash and cmd.exe causes fatal error when used under CYGWIN=tty
- References: <20110425140806.C10479D59FA@mail2.intersystems.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:08:05AM -0400, Len Giambrone wrote:
>Greetings.
>
>If I set CYGWIN=tty, then cygwin programs die with
>*** fatal error - couldn't initialize fd 0 for /dev/ttyN
>
>Example:
>
>C:\cygwin\home\lgiambro>bash -c "cmd /c 'ls'"
>????? 0 [main] ls 7440 C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't initiali
>ze fd 0 for /dev/tty7
>????? 0 [main] ls 7440 C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't initiali
>ze fd 0 for /dev/tty7
>Stack trace:
>Frame???? Function? Args
>00283918? 6102796B? (00283918, 00000000, 00000000, 00000000)
>00283C08? 6102796B? (6117EC60, 00008000, 00000000, 61180977)
>00284C38? 61004F1B? (611A82B0, 00000000, 61243B04, 00010000)
>End of stack trace
>
>Corinna had mentioned that she was aware of the problem and looking for the cause in
>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-09/msg00237.html
>
>Has any progress been made on this issue?? Does anyone know of a way
>to get around it?
This problem will eventually go away when Cygwin 1.7.10 is released and
CYGWIN=tty goes away. If this is still a problem in mintty or some
other terminal emulator then we'll look into it.
cgf
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