X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jon DOT clugston AT gmail DOT com designates 10.180.92.227 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.92.227; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jon DOT clugston AT gmail DOT com designates 10.180.92.227 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jon DOT clugston AT gmail DOT com; dkim=pass header.i=jon DOT clugston AT gmail DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20120228125601.GC23440@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <4F4BA00E DOT 2020806 AT prover DOT com> <20120228125601 DOT GC23440 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:51:06 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 1.7.10/1.7.11: .Net programs started from a cygwin console may fail. From: Jon Clugston To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id q1SDpW4Q028724 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > The problem is that I have not the faintest insight into .Net.  This is > an application written in a language I don't know, using a class library > I don't know, using a compiler I don't know.  And the executable isn't > even a Cygwin application so it doesn't call Cygwin functions.  So I > have no idea what problem this application has.  What on earth is it > trying to tell me? > >  Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: Item has already been added. Key >  in dictionary: 'tmp'  Key being added: 'tmp' >     at System.Collections.Hashtable.Insert(Object key, Object nvalue, Boolean add) >     at System.Collections.Hashtable.Add(Object key, Object value) >     at System.Collections.Specialized.StringDictionary.Add(String key, String value) >     [etc.] > Just a guess, but it does look suspiciously like the name of an environment variable. Wasn't there some discussion lately about differing case environment variables ("tmp" as opposed to "TMP")? Jon -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple