> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 09:17:49AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > >> > 3 [main] bash 212 c:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - > >> > Can't > >> >create master tty > >> > >> You forgot to mention that you need to set CYGWIN=tty before starting the > >> process. > > > >Yep, I did. Standard for screen in a DOS console, so I forgot to mention it. > > > >> It should be fixed in the next snapshot. > > > >Good, thanks. > > > >> >N.B. no cygcheck -svr here, since cygcheck seems to be totally broken for > >> >me in > >> >1.7-- see next message. > >> > >> I can duplicate the cygcheck problem on one machine but not on the machine > >> where > >> I do development unfortunately. > >> > >> Do you have the same problem with a cygcheck.exe from a snapshot? > > > >Should I use the latest at http://cygwin.com/snapshots/, or is there a > >different > >location for 1.7 snapshots? > > That's one of those questions that is pretty easily answered by "just try it". > > There is only one snapshot location and it is always against the mainline of > development which is 1.7.
The reason I asked is that I did try it, and found that bash wouldn't start at all. Thought maybe I was using 1.5. Stay tuned, I'll submit a fuller report. -- 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/