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Vinod Chowdappa wrote:

> Could you briefly explain the format of the .din file? What does SIGFE mean?
> Does "select = cygwin_select SIGFE" mean select is a weak alias to
> cygwin_select?
> And cygwin_select is itself not exported?

You need to read the file "how-signals-work.txt" which explains that. 
It's not a weak alias, it's a direct mapping, they are the same
function.

Brian

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