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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:23:32 -0800
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: cygwin 1.5.18-1 + Perl + open-pipe + native executable
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PPC Hacker wrote:

> If $prog is a native windows executable and a shell isn't required (i.e.,
> Perl does a direct fork/exec), the open hangs.
> 
> Attached is a small test case (tar/gzip) showing the problem.  "sh run"
> shows the problem.

Your test case works fine with the current CVS build of Cygwin, so
whatever was causing this has probably already been fixed.

Brian

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