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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/fork.cc | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog index 480dd7972..c69159de6 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-05-24 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * fork.cc (frok::parent): Always set CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT flag. + Explain why. + 2013-05-23 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * fork.cc (frok::parent): Call CreateProcessW with command line set diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc index 837fc1f81..f7b9aa880 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc @@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ frok::parent (volatile char * volatile stack_here) int c_flags = GetPriorityClass (GetCurrentProcess ()); debug_printf ("priority class %d", c_flags); + /* Per MSDN, this must be specified even if lpEnvironment is set to NULL, + otherwise UNICODE characters in the parent environment are not copied + correctly to the child. Omitting it may scramble %PATH% on non-English + systems. */ + c_flags |= CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT; errmsg = NULL; hchild = NULL; |