Re: cygpath hangs from postinstall scripts when called like $(cygpath -S) but not otherwise

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm at cygwin dot com>]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 08:55:12PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
>> From: Igor Pechtchanski
>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:40 PM
>
>> On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
>>
>> > > From: Igor Pechtchanski
>> > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:44 AM
>> >
>> > > It would be easy to check if the above was the reason for the hang by
>> > > trying to call the following program from a postinstall
>> script and seeing
>> > > if it also hangs:
>> >
>> > It doesn't hang. :-I
>>
>> Well, so much for that idea...
>
> Yup. :-7
>
>I had another idea; look up the postinstall launch code in setup
>(script.cc/run), copy it and try to create a "testcase".
>
>This seems to be futile though, at least I've had no luck.
>
>I've got one idea left: recompile setup 2.415-1 by myself and try that.

Or you could build a debug version of cygpath and attach to it with gdb
when it is hung.  Or maybe you need a debug version of the cygwin DLL or
maybe ash or bash.

It's amazing how much effort people are putting into this when something
simple could be done to actually pinpoint the problem.  We could have
been beyond all of the normal "I configured in the source directory",
"How do I get 'make install' to work in the cygwin directory", "Why is
it so hard to build" steps by now.

cgf

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