Please do a manual file scan for multiple copies of cygwin1.dll. Don't tell me anything about paths, just do the search and report how many copies you find.
For more info specific to this problem, see the following FAQ entry:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-status-access-violation
I wouldn't doubt it if this problem is just exemplified by the new randomness of things that happen in releases after -37. I would actually be surprised if we introduced a bug, since the crash seems to be in cygwin1.dll.
Harold
Andrew Braverman wrote:
I suddenly have a problem running one of the programs that I run all the time. As of release 37, it works fine (I just went back to 37 so that I can run it). The program is ddd (a good graphical debugger, for those who do not know). When running it with versions since 37, it crashes XWin before even displaying the first window. I just tried it with -41 and it still happens. If I debug it, I get the following error: "Unhandled exception in XWin.exe (CYGWIN1.DLL): 0xC0000005: Access Violation."
I can get this to happen at will, so if someone wants me to try something, I can do that. I do not, however, currently have source code on my machine. I have the bz2 from setup.
Thanks, everyone, for the wonderful product. I appreciate the work you are putting into it. One of these days, I will dig up enough time to get and understand the source code so I can contribute as well. Until then, any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Andrew Braverman