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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:42:56 -0400
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: RHIDE crashes without traceback.
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    Thanks for responding..

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Endlisnis wrote:
> > RHIDE completely freezes the DOS box when it is run.  No traceback, no
> > nothing.  I have to click the "X" button to close the DOS session.
> Did RHIDE work on this machine before, or was your previous work with
> RHIDE on another machine?

    RHIDE had been working fine on this machine for years.

> If RHIDE worked okay before on the same machine, can you tell what
> changed since the last time it worked?

    I install software all the time, I installed a new version of
ntXEmacs/Netscape4.6/QuickTime4/CuteFTP/gcc2.95/gpp2.95/WindowsMediaplayer6.1/...
I know that it must be a Windows related problem because it workes fine in DOS.
I've tried running it without any other programs running (Except Explorer & Rundll)
and it still crashes.

>  If you need a specific sequence
> of actions to cause RHIDE to freeze, please describe it.
>
> There is a known problem with some versions of Windows that wedges the
> DOS box, but it only happens when you run another program from within
> RHIDE.  Is that the case here?

    It freezes immediately when I type "rhide<RET>" in command.com or bash.  I do
not believe that running sub programs is the problem.

> > The
> > strange thing is that it works fine if I unset the "DJGPP" environment
> > variable.
> What happens if the DJGPP variable is set, but the djgpp.env file is
> renamed, so that the variable points to a non-existing file?

    It turns out that it has nothing to do with the DJGPP variable, but the DJDIR
variable.  If I point DJGPP to a non-existant file, RHIDE does not crash, but it is
not djgpp.env that is crashing rhide.exe.  I know this because if I unset DJGPP,
and then manually set DJDIR to point to ANYTHING (valid or not), it crashes
immediately when I run it.  The "GPR2MAK.exe" program also crashes in the exact
same way under all the mentioned scenarios.  But, no other program (DJGPP or not)
is having this symptom.

> > It can't be DJGPP.ENV, because lots of
> > other programs load that, and they all work fine.  I've tried running it with
> > gcc 2.8.1, gcc 2.95 and with no compiler at all.
>
> Now I'm confused.  What does the compiler have to do with this?  Does
> RHIDE hang when compiling or at startup?

    It hanges when it starts, I only mentioned that because I was desparate.
Looking back, there is no way that info would help, but better to give too much
info than not enough.

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