On 06/02/2012 09:26 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > I modified cmdproxy.c to pinpoint which of the 3 tests leading to the > recursive spawn fails, and also to report the error code explaining > the failure. Attached please find the modified source and the > compiled executable. After unzipping them in emacs's bin directory, > please start GDB ("gdb cmdproxy.exe"), type "dir ." (to let it pick up > the modified source), then run cmdproxy till the line where it calls > spawn, and see what the values of i, j, k tell you about which test > failed, and what the value of err says about the reason of the > failure. (gdb) p i $1 = 33 (gdb) p j $2 = 0 (gdb) p k $3 = 0 (gdb) p err $4 = 4885256 -- The fundamental asymmetry of consciousness means triangulation is the only path to understanding.