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Subject:	Re: 'emacs' command becomes a no-op
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Chap Harrison wrote:
> After bringing everything up-to-date in Cygwin (Windows Server 2003), 
> emacs won't run.  I give the command, it thinks for half a second, and 
> then gives me the command prompt.
> 
> I'm also noticing different behavior from readline in a Perl script.
> 
> I'm using mintty, which got upgraded in the process.
> 
> If there's a system log somewhere, I don't know where it is, to look for 
> error messages.
> 
> Could anyone suggest a next step?

After starting emacs, type 'echo $?' at the shell prompt.  If you get '53'
(Cygwin's equivalent to '42' ;-) ), then you're missing a DLL emacs needs.
Run 'cygcheck emacs' to find out which one and then install (or reinstall)
the package containing that DLL.

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A: Yes.
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