Running native exe from Cygwin in random instances reports incorrect error code 127

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 01/18/2016 02:50 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:27 AM, David Sicilia <dpsicilia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>    3) The native windows program successfully completes and exits with
>> code 0 internally
>>    4) But -- the error code returned to the bash script is 127 --
>> despite no indication of an error anywhere
>
> We’ll want a simple test case showing the problem.  I can’t replicate it here.

<snip>

> If this pair of programs *fails* on your system, then you’ve probably got a BLODA problem:
>
>      https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda

The somewhat coincidental recent thread below makes me bet on BLODA,
particularly if it's only happening sometimes.  I could see BLODA
blocking access to a needed DLL in some cases just at the wrong time,
resulting in a code 127.

<https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-01/msg00197.html>


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Larry

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