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Subject: Re: Newly-installed bash 3.2.9-10 (cygwin 1.5.24-1) exits when I  try  to execute a program
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According to Daniel Brockman on 1/30/2007 12:20 AM:
>>
>> I installed a new version of cygwin yesterday, and find that bash starts up 
> and
>> builtins seem to execute, but when I try the first command, cygwin exits
>> silently.  
>> [...]
>> Any hints? Should I wait until I can try 3.2.9-11 from a mirror?
>>
> 4a. For a single affected script, add this line just after the she-bang:
>  (set -o igncr) 2>/dev/null && set -o igncr; # comment is needed

This sounds like a problem in cygwin 1.5.24 with forking in general on
xp64, and not a problem in bash.  Therefore, your advice to use bash's
igncr is a red herring.  I personally don't have access to xp64, so I
can't offer much help on this front.

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Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
volunteer cygwin bash maintainer
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