On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 09:01:51PM +0200, Ryan Johnson wrote: > Jeremy Ramer said: >> I have a very repeatable issue, but I'm not sure how to go about >> debugging it. I follow this process. >> >> 1) Start an rxvt bash shell >> 2) Go to a git repo folder >> 3) Start gitk >> gitk --all& >> 4) Go back to bash and press any key except enter and bash closes >> >> I also get a similar problem with this process: >> 1) Start an rxvt bash shell >> 2) Go to a git repo folder >> 3) Start gitk >> gitk --all& >> 4) Close gitk with the close button. Both gitk and bash close. >> >> Note that the issue does not happen if I don't start gitk as a >> background process. But then I can't use the shell. >> >> Any debugging tips? >This sounds suspiciously similar to a problem that hit me a while back: >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-09/msg00225.html > >The short version is, running certain apps in the background triggers a >bug in tty handling. >Last I heard Corinna was having trouble diagnosing because the bug also >kills strace :) > >No fix yet AFAIK.
This should be fixed in the now-building snapshot. I actually fixed the problem a while ago but a stupid typo prevented the fix from actually doing what I'd intended. http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
