On 9/14/05, Christopher Faylor wrote: > This will be fixed in the upcoming snapshot. Look for the comment:
> * spawn.cc (av::fixup): Guard against problems reading an executable > which does not match Microsoft's documentation about PE format. > in the ChangeLog. Once that shows up the snapshot will have the fix. I just now encountered a very similar problem with "Argument list too long"...with a backgammon.exe(from bsd-games)compiled with cygwin gcc 3.3.1. While recompiling with gcc 3.4.4 produced a version that worked with older snapshots, the new snapshot allows the older copy to work as well. -- --Alfvaen (Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Song--Cutting Crew:One For The Mockingbird Current Book--Amy Tan:The Kitchen God's Wife If I were perfect for you, wouldn't you tire of me? --A Little Night Music, "Soon" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/