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Re: [1.7.0-29] can't create master tty


On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 04:41:02PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 02:55:54PM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>>I've recompiled screen for Cygwin 1.7.  It runs fine until I do the following:
>>
>>* Open a cmd console and run c:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe --login .
>>* Start a new screen session (screen).
>>* Detach the screen session (C-a d).
>>* Exit bash.
>>* Try to start bash again.
>>
>>Then I get:
>>
>>      3 [main] bash 212 c:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - Can't
>>create master tty
>
>You forgot to mention that you need to set CYGWIN=tty before starting the process.
>
>I can duplicate this and should have it fixed soon.

It should be fixed in the next snapshot.

cgf

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