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



The patch is attached, further comments below.


On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.)

Not sure what you are referring to here.  Is it because I replied to a
message and changed the subject or is it about the E-mail reference
below?  I thought the one below was related.

>
>> 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?

nmake -f Makefile.nmake

I also have a Visual Studio solution file (not complete, but I can
contribute it if you like).  When I build and run it in the IDE, the
problem does not occur.

>
> In any case, sure, a patch would be welcome.
>
> --
> Nick
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