X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: python fails in windows shell Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:32:09 +0100 Message-ID: <007b01c6b010$41a22af0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <44C652E4.8030604@scytek.de> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 25 July 2006 18:21, Volker Quetschke wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> On 25 July 2006 08:48, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: >> >>> When I try to run python in Windows shell, it hangs. Even the simplest >>> test like python -c 'print "foo"' will result in ntvdm process taking >>> 100% CPU. I tried it with 1.5.19 and 1.5.17 and got the same result. >>> >>> When I strace python, I get a bit surprising output: >>> >>> D:\cygwin\home\Krzysiek>strace python >>> --- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33 >>> --- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33 >>> --- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33 >>> [...] > > I might go out on a limb here, but I got similar responses from > xmgrace until I did a "rebaseall". That fixed it. > >> ;-) Take a look at the output from >> >> file `which python` > > Might also be a broken python executable ... How would that matter? cmd.exe has no idea how to follow a cygwin symlink, so the actual executable isn't going to be invoked at all in the situation described above. OTOH, 'strace' does know how to follow a symlink (IIRTSC), and is hence showing some other problem, so your rebase suggestion could still be valid. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/