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Re: Regression (last snapshot)


On Jul 31 18:00, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 7/31/2019 11:53 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
> > On 7/29/2019 2:55 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> >> Here's the error that I can reproduce easily in xterm:
> >>
> >> $ ls <(grep bash .bashrc)
> >> /dev/fd/63
> >> grep: write error: Broken pipe
> >>[...]
> > [...]
> 
> OK, when xwin-xdg-menu launches an application, it creates two pipes and sets 
> the application's stdout and stderr to the write ends of those pipes.  For 
> example, here's what I see when I launch mintty from xwin-xdg-menu:
> 
> $ pgrep mintty
> 5375
> 
> $ ls -l /proc/5375/fd
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 kbrown None 0 2019-07-31 13:37 0 -> /dev/null
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 kbrown None 0 2019-07-31 13:37 1 -> pipe:[38654736160]
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 kbrown None 0 2019-07-31 13:37 2 -> pipe:[42949703456]
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 kbrown None 0 2019-07-31 13:37 3 -> /dev/ptmx
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 kbrown None 0 2019-07-31 13:37 4 -> /dev/windows
> 
> These pipes are apparently used for logging.
> 
> I don't see how this would explain my observations (grep reporting a broken 
> pipe), but it is at least a difference between a terminal started from 
> xwin-xdg-menu and an "ordinary" terminal.
> 
> Anyway, I don't see any evidence here of a Cygwin bug.

I'm glad to read that :)


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
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