I've run into a problem running a collection of tests under Cygwin and I
wonder if anyone can suggest a way around it.
The problem occurs when a program being run fails a C/C++ runtime
assertion. Ordinarily, this just writes an error message on stderr and
aborts. Under Cygwin, however, if both stdin and stderr are redirected to
files, the program instead pops up a dialog box that must be interactively
dismissed before the failed program will exit - holding up all the tests
that follow it.
Specifically, if I have the following as assert.cpp:
#include <assert.h>
int main() {
assert(false);
}
and say
gcc assert.cpp
./a.exe < /dev/null > output 2>&1
I get an error dialog box saying
Failed assertion
false
at line 3 of file assert.cpp
in function int main()
If I omit either the stdin or the stderr redirection, the program behaves
as desired with no dialog box.
Is there an environment setting or compiler command-line option I can give
to suppress the dialog box and always just write a message to stderr and
abort? Thanks for any insights.
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William M. (Mike) Miller | Edison Design Group
william.m.mil...@gmail.com
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