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rxvt - copy/paste fails when stderr redirected under cygwin-1.5.3


This would be a low-priority bug, I'm sure, but it seems weird enough to report.

I'm running rxvt-2.7.10-3 (with no X server). Normally, selecting text copies the text to the Windows clipboard, and middle-clicking pastes from the Windows clipboard.

Since upgrading to the new cygwin-1.5.3, rxvt fails to communicate with the Windows clipboard when it is launched with standard error redirected (whether to a file, to /dev/null, or to "nul" under Windows).

That is, if I launch rxvt like this:
bash$ rxvt 2>/dev/null
or
bash$ rxvt 2>rxvt.out
or
C:\> rxvt 2>nul
or
C:\> rxvt 2>rxvt.out
then text selected in rxvt cannot be pasted into Windows applications, and middle-clicking in rxvt pastes the last rxvt selection, not the current contents of the Windows clipboard. Copying/pasting within an rxvt instance or between rxvt instances still works normally.


Redirecting other file descriptors appears to have no effect; it's only stderr that shows this problem. Running rxvt with various X servers still works as it always has (that is, copying/pasting to Windows works if and only if the X server supports it).

I noticed this because I usually launch rxvt with its stdin/stdout/stderr redirected, via shortcuts on the taskbar, and when I upgraded Cygwin, my new rxvt instances all started showing this problem.

Output of "cygcheck -r -s -v" is attached.

Regards,
Andrew.

Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Fri Sep 05 11:27:34 2003

Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Path:	C:\WINNT\system32
	C:\WINNT
	C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
	C:\home\andrew\bin
	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\WINNT\system32
	C:\WINNT
	C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 1002(andrew) GID: 513(None)
513(None)

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 1002(andrew) GID: 513(None)
513(None)            544(Administrators)  
545(Users)

SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

CYGWIN = `binmode ntsec notty'
HOME = `C:\home\andrew'
Path = `C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\home\andrew\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem'

ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\andrew\Application Data'
CommonProgramFiles = `C:\Program Files\Common Files'
COMPUTERNAME = `VLAN4025'
ComSpec = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
HOMEPATH = `\'
LOGONSERVER = `\\VLAN4025'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
OS = `Windows_NT'
Os2LibPath = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;'
PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `15'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0207'
ProgramFiles = `C:\Program Files'
PROMPT = `$P$G'
SystemDrive = `C:'
SystemRoot = `C:\WINNT'
TEMP = `C:\DOCUME~1\andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp'
TMP = `C:\DOCUME~1\andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp'
USERDOMAIN = `VLAN4025'
USERNAME = `andrew'
USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\andrew'
windir = `C:\WINNT'

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
  (default) = `/'
  cygdrive flags = 0x0000002a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
  (default) = `C:\cygwin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/home
  (default) = `C:\home'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
  (default) = `C:\cygwin/bin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
  (default) = `C:\cygwin/lib'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
  (default) = `C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

a:  fd           N/A    N/A                    
c:  hd  NTFS   38154Mb  23% CP CS UN PA FC     
d:  cd           N/A    N/A                    

C:\cygwin                          /                         system  binmode
C:\home                            /home                     system  binmode
C:\cygwin/bin                      /usr/bin                  system  binmode
C:\cygwin/lib                      /usr/lib                  system  binmode
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts  system  binmode
.                                  /                         system  binmode,cygdrive

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Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Not Found: gdb
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe

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        Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
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