> -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 18:11 > Subject: Re: cygwin 1.7.15-1 - .NET console output locks up mintty > > > > I have noticed a problem with the â"cygwin: The Unix emulation > > > engine" package, version 1.7.15-1. Output from .NET console does > > > not show up, the console > > > (mintty) becomes unresponsive and must be killed. > > > Reverting back to 1.7.14-2 fixes the problem. > > > > Does the result change if you install the latest snapshot of > > cygwin1.dll from cygwin.com/snapshots? > > Yes, replacing cygwin1.dll with the latest snapshot, cywgin1-20120619.dll, > makes the observed problem go away. > > James Johnson asked: > > > Try both of the following: > > > > 1. Update to latest development snapshot, should resolve the bug you > > are primarily observing. > > 2. Set the CYGWIN environment variable to pipe_byte. Cygwin now uses > > message pipes by default, which are not compatible with .NET Framework > > and Visual C++ runtimes (not currently documented anywhere in Cygwin > > or MS > > documentation) > > 1. I'm not sure how to do that.
You just said a moment ago that replacing cygwin1.dll with the latest snapshot from 6/19 made the observed problem go away. So I guess you figured out after all how to do my #1 suggestion of using latest development snapshot? > > 2. Running "export CYGWIN=pipe_byte" and then the .NET HelloWorld > program still > exhibited the problem. That's because "pipe_byte" won't fix the problem of a hang. What pipe_byte will fix is allow all non-Cygwin programs to properly handle reading from standard input. That's because unmanaged VC++ and managed .NET runtimes dont support reading a message pipe standard input. This compatibility issue with these common Microsoft runtimes isn't yet in the Cygwin documentation as far as I know, which is why I'm pointing it out to you - since you're obviously using non-Cygwin programs. There are many ways to set CYGWIN variable, as others have mentioned. http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html shows how to do it from the Windows command prompt before running Cygwin. I typically set my variable system-wide from the advanced System Properties icon in Control Panel, if you want to do that then I suggest you follow any of the procedures that use that at https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+7+environment+variables -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
