X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: python fails in windows shell
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:00:16 +0100
Message-ID: <013301c6b0ab$0f508830$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; 	charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11
In-Reply-To: <ea5sjr$ble$1@sea.gmane.org>
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 25 July 2006 20:49, Krzysztof Duleba wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
>> 
>>> When I try to run python in Windows shell, it hangs. Even the simplest
>>> test like python -c 'print "foo"' will result in ntvdm process taking
>>> 100% CPU. I tried it with 1.5.19 and 1.5.17 and got the same result.
>>> 
>>> When I strace python, I get a bit surprising output:
>>> 
>>> D:\cygwin\home\Krzysiek>strace python
>>> --- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33
>>> --- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33
>>> --- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33
>>> [...]
>> 
>>   ;-) Take a look at the output from
>> 
>> file `which python`
> 
> Ouch...

  It's still a funny result that you get.  I always get an NTVDM illegal
instruction exception popup when it starts trying to execute ascii as opcodes.
Guess MMMV!

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/