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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:34:36 -0400
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On 6/16/2011 2:43 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 6/15/2011 5:14 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
>> Starting with the 2011-05-05 snapshot, I can't start a shell under emacs.  Here are the steps to reproduce:
>>
>> 1. Start emacs in a mintty window.
>> 2. Type<Alt-x>shell<enter>
>>
>> This yields the following error message in the shell buffer:
>>
>>     sh: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
>>     sh: no job control in this shell
>>
>
> The problem with the 2011-05-05 snapshot goes away if I build
> cygwin1.dll myself.  I used a CVS checkout as of 2011-05-05 22:31, which
> seems to be cutoff for that snapshot.  The last change in the ChangeLog is
>
> 2011-05-05  Christopher Faylor<...>
>
> 	* cygheap.cc (cygheap::close_ctty): Close ctty via close_with_arch().
> 	* debug.cc (close_handle): Call debugger on failure.
> [...]
>
> I don't understand this.  I simply built cygwin1.dll according to the
> instructions in the FAQ.

Please disregard this message.  I did something stupid and didn't really 
test my build.

Sorry for the noise.  I'll write again after doing some more careful 
testing.

Ken

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