Greetings, Brian Inglis! > On 2017-05-23 16:30, Michael Stellar wrote: >> I am getting the following when running my self-compiled xar 1.6.1 archiver >> gdb xar >> Starting program: /usr/local/bin/xar >> [New Thread 12044.0x1f54] >> [New Thread 12044.0xfc8] >> [New Thread 12044.0x2dcc] >> [New Thread 12044.0x2cd8] >> [New Thread 12044.0x2d58] >> 1 [main] xar 12044 C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\xar.exe: *** fatal >> error - internal error reading the windows environment - too many >> environment variables? >> 739 [main] xar 12044 cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile: Dumping >> stack trace to xar.exe.stackdump >> [Thread 12044.0x2dcc exited with code 256] >> [Thread 12044.0xfc8 exited with code 256] >> [Thread 12044.0x2cd8 exited with code 256] >> [Inferior 1 (process 12044) exited with code 0400] >> >> My env variables is here https://pastebin.com/NrWKuaSC , i have tried >> to unset some of the long variables but the error still persist.
> Did you notice this entry and does anyone know where this comes from? > !C:=C:\cygwin\bin This is coming from CMD, and denotes current working directory on an indicated drive. > Another poster found a problem with non-ascii accented initial letters > in the environment variable name - perhaps this is the same problem? > If Cygwin environment setup has a problem with an environment variable > name or contents, it should either ignore it, copy it, or convert it to > Cygwin format, but it seems to be stumbling, when it should just be > ignoring it and skipping to the next variable. > Try removing that environment variable, either from the Control Panel, > or directly in regedit if necessary. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:59:39 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
