On 9/26/2010 6:24 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > Keith Thompson<ks...@mib.org> writes: >> "Illia Bobyr"<illia.bo...@ronin-capital.com> writes: >> [...] >>> When I do "gitk&" upon gitk exit the parent bash process >>> terminates as well. >>> When I do "(gitk&)" it works fine. There does not seem to be any >>> crash dumps. But sometimes bash outputs "Logout" before it exits just >>> as if I would press ^D on prompt. I have tried putting "gitk&" call >>> into a script and adding traps for all possible signals but none seemed >>> to be fired. >>> You do not have to be in a directory that is a Git repository. >> I wonder how "set -o ignoreeof" in the parent shell would affect >> the behavior. > I don't see this behavior, either with or without "set -o ignoreeof". > > I see a pop-up error message: "Cannot find a git repository here"; > when I click "OK" the message vanishes, gitk terminates, and the > parent bash shell is undisturbed. Same thing whether bash is > running under rxvt, xterm, or a Windows command window. > > $ cygcheck -c -d cygwin gitk bash > Cygwin Package Information > Package Version > bash 3.2.49-23 > cygwin 1.7.5-1 > gitk 1.7.0.4-2
It is a known issue with Cygwin 1.7.7: http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-bash@gnu.org/msg07983.html http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-09/msg00641.html Ilya
