Re: dmake freezes on new cygwin

hi!

maybe #i51097# is similar?

tschau...

ause

Alan Yaniger wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I'm doing my first 2.0 beta Windows build, on the m113 code, using 
> Windows XP Professional. I started out using 1.5.18 of the cygwin dll. 
> After I ran configure and bootstrap, succesfully, I would run dmake, and 
> it would freeze. I found that if I would redirect the output to a file, 
> dmake would run a little longer , and then would freeze. Ultimately, I 
> tried downgrading the cygwin DLL, first to 1.5.17 (which didn't help), 
> and then to a 1.5.14 which I got from another machine. With 1.5.14, I 
> was able to run a complete build. Even though I now have a succesful 
> build, I'm not pleased with this state of affairs, since newer version 
> of some cygwin tools (like bash) don't run with the old DLL.
> 
> I notice Issue 25037 which describes dmake freezing under cygwin, but 
> that was supposed to have been fixed in cygwin 1.5.8.
> 
> Is everyone out there who's building on Windows using an old cygwin? Has 
> anyone else had this problem?
> 
> TIA,
>