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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:49:46 +0400
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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Hi!

Tuesday, 04 September, 2001 Charles Wilson cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu wrote:

CW> Decoded (complete version attached).

CW> 00410732   job.c:2317 (exec_command)
CW> 61081E8A   winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc:284 (cuserid)
CW> 0040A5CB   function.c:1448 (func_shell)
CW> 0040A9F9   function.c:1703 (expand_builtin_function)
CW> 0040ACE0   function.c:1803 (handle_function)
CW> 00404B53   expand.c:253 (variable_expand_string)
CW> 00404FFE   expand.c:415 (variable_expand)
CW> 004050D2   expand.c:457 (variable_expand_for_file)
CW> 00405338   expand.c:535 (allocated_variable_expand_for_file)
CW> 00426617   variable.c:888 (try_variable_definition)
CW> 0041A09D   read.c:723 (read_makefile)
CW> 00419FD6   read.c:702 (read_makefile)
CW> 00418912   read.c:234 (read_all_makefiles)
CW> 00413D6C   main.c:1503 (main)
CW> 61003E5A   winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc:863 (dll_crt0_1)
CW> 6100403D   winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc:929 (_dll_crt0)

CW> Well, I don't think I can really figure out what the problem is unless I 
CW> know what program make is trying to execute in the exec_command() 
CW> function -- but that data doesn't show up in the stackdump.  OTOH, I 
CW> can't just step through the entire build waiting for the crash -- it 
CW> does not appear deterministic.

CW> Should I build dumper.exe and try the JIT functionality?  would that help?

it would be enough (and probably easier) to use JIT debugging with
gdb. adding 'error_start=x:\path\to\gdb\gdb.exe' to CYGWIN environment
variable should do.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19