Takashi Yano wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:17:50 +0100 > David Allsopp wrote: > > I'm unable to build OCaml using the mingw-w64 compilers with Cygwin > 3.2.0. > > Windows 10.0.19042.928 (and tried on three different machines so far) > > > > Repro: > > > > - Fresh Cygwin64 installation with make, libiconv, > > mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core and git added; fire up mintty > > - git clone --depth 1 --recursive https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml > > - cd ocaml && ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 && make -j8 > > flexdll && make -j8 world.opt > > > > This is consistently hanging with Cygwin 3.2.0 and seems possibly to > > have something to do with linking (the creation of > > runtime/ocamlrun.exe and stdlib/camlheader, which is also an > > executable, seem to be part of the problem). > > > > It can be immediately fixed by downgrading to Cygwin 3.1.7, cleaning > > the tree and repeating the build. > > > > I'm of course very happy to try to reduce this to a smaller repro > > case, but is there an obvious culprit in Cygwin 3.2.0 to check before I > do? > > Thanks for the report. I looked into this problem and found that the > caused is the combination of some race issues for non-cygwin processes in > pty and console code. > > I will submit the patches fixing this issue.
Fantastic, thanks - I'll keep an eye on cygwin-patches and test. David -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
