Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:21:07 -0500 From: bailey9 AT akamai DOT com To: Corinna Vinschen Subject: Re: Openssh 2.3.0p1 weird exec problem, cont. Message-ID: <20001229172106.B1194@akamai.com> References: <20001229223005 DOT E4278 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001229223005.E4278@cygbert.vinschen.de>; from cygwin@cygwin.com on Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 10:30:05PM +0100 On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 10:30:05PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: That seems to solve the problem for me. Thanks! .andy > On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:59:12PM -0500, John Pollock wrote: > > However, i've only seen this issue with non-cygwin apps (like VC++ and > > such) which don't seem to understand how to send output reliably when > > cooperating with a version of ssh using socket pairs instead of pipes. > > The cygwin version of openssh, i believe ,uses socket pairs and not pipes, > > which may be the source of the problem. > > That's an interesting point. socket pairs are prefered over pipes in > OpenSSH. Using pipes is a special option. I'm currently on vacation > and need the time for my move to another town. If somebody is willing > to build OpenSSH using pipes and test that situation again I would > gladly appreciate this. > > Using pipes instead of socket pairs is easy: After configuring just > open `defines.h', goto line 378 and remove the comments from this > line containing `#define USE_PIPES 1', then make. If that solves the > problem (and still works in all other situations) I will release > a new Cygwin version of OpenSSH then. > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple