cygwin DLL problem?

[Will Coleda]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Konovalov, Vadim (Vadim)** CTR **
<vkonovalov at alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying Tcl/Tk with parrot, and found some interesting misfeature with loadlib.
>
> My parrot program, essentially, tries to do until success:
>
>    libname = "tcl85"
>    library = loadlib libname
>
>    libname = "tcl84"
>    library = loadlib libname
>
> If the proper tcl85.dll or tcl84.dll is in %PATH%, all is okay.
>
> The problem arises if there is a tcl84.dll on %PATH%, which is inside cygwin.
> This tcl84.dll works okay within cygwin, and the dependencies on this library are okay:
>
> c:\> vc dumpbin /dependents tcl84.dll
> ....
> Dump of file tcl84.dll
>
> File Type: DLL
>
>  Image has the following dependencies:
>
>    ADVAPI32.DLL
>    KERNEL32.dll
>    USER32.dll
>    cygwin1.dll
>
>
> But the
>    library = loadlib libname
> statement never returns.
> CPU load is 0%, Ctrl+C does not work, and the only way to continue is to end the task from "Task Manager"
>
> Will be grateful on any advices on the matter.
>
> Best regards,
> Vadim.
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Run parrot through gdb and try ^C or ^\ there, and check the backtrace?


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Will "Coke" Coleda