X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4E32C6C8.5030000@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:42:16 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin Startup Problem References: <32158451.post@talk.nabble.com> <4E31B764.2090302@cygwin.com> <4E31C088.4010102@gmail.com> In-reply-to: <4E31C088.4010102@gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 7/28/2011 4:03 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote: > On 7/28/11 12:24 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 7/28/2011 3:01 PM, Ed____ wrote: >>> >>> Quite often when I open a Cygwin session when it runs a .bashrc script it >>> will show errors of basic commands not found. For example pwd or ls returns >>> command not found when I type it at the command prompt. When I reboot the XP >>> PC everything is fine for a couple of days. >> >> Sounds like it could be BLODA. >> >> Otherwise, read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found >> here: >> >> >> > > Is there some test suite that can detect the bugs commonly introduced by BLODA? > Pinpointing problems, e.g., "CreateFile doesn't properly interpret > FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED pipes", would be useful not only for users trying to run > reliable systems, but for developers trying to make sure their programs don't > interfere with the rest of the system. > No, there's nothing like that currently. It would probably be a good chunk of work to make a nice, useful diagnostic tool here. Could be helpful. I suppose one could argue that any effort would be better spent on exploring new ways of avoiding these issues than tools to recognize them. But one may lead from the other so I certainly wouldn't discourage anyone from efforts either way. :-) -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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