wrt the problem using a compiled 'tar' on the latest version of cygwin (.59):
It looks like the dll at fault is cygiconv-2.dll - which means when I compiled libiconv-1.9.1-3, something went screwy with the install. The very act of linking with cygiconv-2.dll causes the problems. They are permissions problems with cygiconv-2.dll, with the default config; make; make install' and sure enough when I do a 'chmod 777 cygiconv-2.dll', things work OK. So - is there any way to turn this into a cygwin specific error, rather than popping up an extra, cryptic window? As it is, a permissions error of this sort stops any automated process and makes everything hang rather than returning an error back to the console. Ed -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
