python fails in windows shell

Tue Jul 25 17:32:00 GMT 2006

Dave Korn wrote:
> On 25 July 2006 08:48, Krzysztof Duleba wrote:
>>>When I try to run python in Windows shell, it hangs. Even the simplest test
>>like python -c 'print "foo"' will result in ntvdm process taking 100% CPU.
>>I tried it with 1.5.19 and 1.5.17 and got the same result.
>>>>When I strace python, I get a bit surprising output:
>>>>D:\cygwin\home\Krzysiek>strace python
>>--- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33
>>--- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33
>>--- Process 52048, exception 40000005 at 7C81EB33
>>[...]

I might go out on a limb here, but I got similar responses from
xmgrace until I did a "rebaseall". That fixed it.
> ;-) Take a look at the output from
>> file `which python`

Might also be a broken python executable ...
 Volker
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