Re: [Libevent-users] Issue with Windows fork CreateProcess

[Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Ed Day <edday2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,

(Quick issue: you don't need to quote mails in your messages unless
they are related to what you're talking about.)

> I am new to the list.  This post is in response to a posting last
> December on a Windows regression fork failure ([Libevent-users] Re:
> Libevent 2.0.10-stable is released by Dongsheng Song).  I noticed the
> question was not answered and I recently experienced the same error
> myself when trying to run the Windows regression tests myself.
>
> I checked the return status from the CreateProcess call and found it
> was "file not found".  This led me to look at the command-line I was
> using which was .\regress in a Visual Studio 2008 command prompt
> window.  Windows could not find the file because it did not have the
> .exe extension on the end.  The code that builds the command should be
> modified to ensure the extension is present (I can submit a patch if
> you like).

Very strange; it works fine for me.  What build process are you using?

In any case, sure, a patch would be welcome.

-- 
Nick
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