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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:51:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: 1.7.10/1.7.11: .Net programs started from a cygwin console may fail.
From: Jon Clugston <jon.clugston@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:


> The problem is that I have not the faintest insight into .Net.  This is
> an application written in a language I don't know, using a class library
> I don't know, using a compiler I don't know.  And the executable isn't
> even a Cygwin application so it doesn't call Cygwin functions.  So I
> have no idea what problem this application has.  What on earth is it
> trying to tell me?
>
>  Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: Item has already been added. Key
>  in dictionary: 'tmp'  Key being added: 'tmp'
>     at System.Collections.Hashtable.Insert(Object key, Object nvalue, Boolean add)
>     at System.Collections.Hashtable.Add(Object key, Object value)
>     at System.Collections.Specialized.StringDictionary.Add(String key, String value)
>     [etc.]
>

Just a guess, but it does look suspiciously like the name of an
environment variable.  Wasn't there some discussion lately about
differing case environment variables ("tmp" as opposed to "TMP")?

Jon

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