Problems building functional ddd using latest cygwin

[Brian Dessent]

Matt Fyles wrote:

> When building any version of the ddd source under cygwin from 3.3.9 onwards
> including the source supplied with cygwin I get this error in a dialog box.
> 
> ddd.exe ? Application Error:
> 
> The application failed to initialize property (0xc0000005). Click on Ok to
> terminate the application.
> 
> All other x applications work including the precompiled binary of ddd 3.3.9.
> Either the current cygwin tools that are available to download are not
> capable of building a functional ddd or there is some other problem.

That sounds like the RDATA problem, search the archives for details. 
You'll probably have to patch ddd to remove any 'const' objects that
contain pointers.  Check the patches for the Cygwin-packaged 'ddd'.

Brian

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