Re: Problem with latest cygwin tcl package

[Richard Tierney <rt-insight at cyconix dot com>]

Dave Meyer wrote:
> I am having a problem with a tcl script (shown below) in that it hangs
> when executed. Currently, I have the latest cygwin code downloaded. When
> I run the tcl script with the latest tcl/tk package (20080420-1) the
> script hangs on executing the svn command. This occurs on both a
> WindowsXP and Windows2003 system. When I install tcl/tk version
> 20060202-1, the script executes correctly. Any thoughts on how to
> further debug this?

I can't help, but I'll add that I have a similar problem. tcl's exec 
appears to be broken in the current Cygwin install (and has been for 
maybe 6 months or more). In my case, I can exec my own programs, but 
they can't find environment variables via the clib getenv. Or, possibly 
(I can't quite remember now) the problem only appears after (a) the tcl 
code execs program X, and then (b) program X starts up program Y, and 
then (c) program Y attempts to use getenv, which doesn't work.

This all works on Cygwin installs from about a year ago. It broke when I 
installed autoconf, which I think upgraded tcl, among other things.

-RT