_pinfo::dup_proc_pipe: DuplicateHandle failed

[Hugh Sasse]

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Relson, David wrote:

> G'day,
> 
> Yesterday I reopened a project from 3 years ago.  Its makefiles allowed
> me to build the code for an embedded project and the tools for
        [...]
> The makefiles needed some minor tweaking (notably changing "\" to "\\"
> in some paths), which isn't a problem.  However, running "make -f
> makefile.gnu" also produces errors of form:
> 
>   8 [main] bash 4988! _pinfo::dup_proc_pipe: DuplicateHandle failed, 
>   pid 4988, hProcess 0x68D, wr_proc_pipe 0x750, Win32 error 6
> 
> I've got cygwin-1.5.25-11, make-3.81-2, and bash 3.2.33-18 installed.  I

I don't have the answer you want, but wonder if you can narrow it down
any more with, maybe, 

  make -d -f makefile.gnu

which should give spadefuls of debugging output, before it goes pop.

Meanwhile, I'll shut up and hope that someone more familiar with your
case can help.

        Hugh

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