# HG changeset patch
# User bartv
# Date 1152610596 0
# Node ID 42e30b66c3f84b8cf5a739e6e4a488a8aaed975a
# Parent  fdefb3632fb0425a4fd7b2c0a9c438aae1d45de7
Work around problem with C++ exceptions in current cygwin

diff --git a/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ChangeLog b/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ChangeLog
--- a/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ChangeLog
+++ b/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-10  Bart Veer  <bartv@ecoscentric.com>
+
+	* ecosconfig.cxx: add early C++ exception throw to work around
+	a cygwin issue.
+
 2005-12-16  Bart Veer  <bartv@ecoscentric.com>
 
 	* cdl_exec.cxx (cmd_remove): replace reserved word interface with
diff --git a/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ecosconfig.cxx b/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ecosconfig.cxx
--- a/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ecosconfig.cxx
+++ b/host/tools/configtool/standalone/common/ecosconfig.cxx
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ int main (int argc, char * argv []) {
     bool enable_debug_set = false;  // --enable-debug or --disable-debug
     int  debug_level = 0;       // --enable-debug=[0|1|2]
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+    try {
+        throw int(42);
+    } catch(...) { };
+#endif
+    
     Tcl_FindExecutable(argv[0]);
     
     // getopt() cannot easily be used here since this code has to