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RE: Tcl/Tk wish shell execution problem under bash
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Jeff Russell <jeffry at mail dot utexas dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:43:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Tcl/Tk wish shell execution problem under bash
- References: <LIEAKIKNANBLEKNLIAPGAEANCFAA.jeffry@mail.utexas.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Jeff Russell wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >
> > Can you reproduce the hang by running 'bash -c wish84'? How about 'bash
> > --login -i -c wish84'? If so, the problem might be triggered by the
> > presence of bash.
> >
> The following attempts produce the same hanging behavior:
> "bash -c /bin/wish84" from a DOS command shell and a bash (--login -i)
> shell
> "bash --login -i -c /bin/wish84" from DOS shell nd a bash (--login -i)
> shell
> However,
> "strace -w /bin/wish84" (from a bash shell) works! (Also confirmed by
> Felix von Hove)
>
> I haven't tried the latest snapshot due to learning curve (in progress).
>
> JEff Russell
This validates my WAG somewhat. Does "strace -o wish.strace bash -c
wish84" reproduce the hang? The reason is that, IIRC, strace uses Windows
exec mechanisms, rather than Cygwin's, so you need to force Cygwin's exec
by running bash first.
Igor
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