X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Jack Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <4F5D0025 DOT 9040309 AT cornell DOT edu> <4F5D0141 DOT 9060400 AT cornell DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Ken Brown cornell.edu> writes: > > Another (easier) thing you could do is try various snapshots between > versions 1.7.10 and 1.7.11 of cygwin1.dll and pinpoint exactly when the > problem first occurred. > > Ken > > Sadly, even the oldest cygwin1.dll snapshot (from 7/30/11) seems to have this issue. There is a pointer on the emacs lists (for MacOS) that says I should recompile with #define DONT_REOPEN_PTYS to avoid the "inappropriate ioctl for device" problem. I was hoping to avoid recompiling emacs but I guess I'll give that a try. :) Thanks for the ideas Ken. Jack -- 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