> > it. If you can, debugging Cygwin via gdb would be the best way to go. > > Alternatively, if you can't do that, calling gcc indirectly through > > strace in your IDE environment would provide some trace information > > Here is a strace snippet right around the error's occurrence:
09:19:17 [main] make 384 dtable::build_fhandler: fd 3, fh 0x61550820 09:19:17 [main] make 384 dtable::build_fhandler: fd 4, fh 0x61550960 09:19:17 [main] make 384 fhandler_base::init: created new fhandler_base for handle 0xD8 09:19:17 [main] make 384 fhandler_base::init: created new fhandler_base for handle 0x154 09:19:17 [main] make 384 make_pipe: 0 = make_pipe ([3, 4], 16384, 0x10000) 09:19:17 [main] make 384 _close: close (4) 09:19:17 [main] make 384 fhandler_base::close: closing '(null)' handle 0x154 09:19:17 [main] make 384 dtable::not_open: in not_open, fds=0x61550128 fd=4 fds[fd]=1632962912 res=0 size=32 09:19:17 [main] make 384 _close: 0 = close (4) 09:19:17 [main] make 384 fhandler_base::set_close_on_exec: set close_on_exec for (null) to 1 09:19:17 [main] make 384 _fcntl: 0 = fcntl (3, 2, 0x1) 09:19:17 [main] make 384 set_process_mask: old mask = 0, new mask = 1804007 09:19:17 [main] make 384 dtable::not_open: in not_open, fds=0x61550128 fd=0 fds[fd]=1632961224 res=0 size=32 09:19:17 [main] make 384 dtable::build_fhandler: fd -1, fh 0x61550960 09:19:17 [main] make 384 fhandler_base::dup: in fhandler_base dup 09:19:17 [main] make 384 fhandler_base::dup: dup(unknown disk file) failed, handle 0, Win32 error 6 09:19:17 [main] make 384 seterrno_from_win_error: /usr/src/cygwin/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc:926 errno 6 09:19:17 [main] make 384 geterrno_from_win_error: windows error 6 == errno 9 09:19:17 [main] make 384 vfork: 0 = vfork() 09:19:17 [main] make 384 vfork: exiting vfork, res 0 I'm not sure how far back is relevant to the vfork's setting up for the make-file's "echo" command that occurs next vs. cleaning up from checking dependencies (the previous task make was doing) the build_fhandler: fd=-1 is expected; that's a new dtable being built, so aside from that the error occurring in fhandler_base::dup (which we already knew) there's no new info. Larry, would posting a complete strace be useful? What might I look for in the strace? Warm Regards, Chris -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/