Strange Cygwin/Emacs/Bash/OpenSSL behavior

[Jason Dufair]

I don't believe this is X-specific, but it may be, hence the
cross-post...

I recently upgraded my Cygwin install (to get a new version of the
XFree86-xserv package).  I went ahead and let it upgrade everything to
the latest packages.  All in all, it seems to have gone well, but I have
one strange thing happening.  I use Gnus for my email under Emacs.  In
order to make an SSL connection to my remote IMAP server, it has to
start a shell and run the openssl executable.  This worked fine prior to
the upgrade.  Now, when it tries to make the connection, it hangs.

Oddly, if I launch Emacs from a bash prompt (instead of, for example,
from Harold's handy menu off the X tasktray icon or from a batch file
via Explorer), it works fine.  So it would appear that maybe I have a
problem with my shell setup somehow.  I do have /bin/bash specified for
my shell and I don't have anything specified, shell-wise, in my Emacs.

I've attached my cygcheck in case it's useful.  Can anyone explain this
weirdness?

-- 
Jason Dufair - jase@dufair.org
http://www.dufair.org/
"You wear sandals in the snow
and a smile that won't wash away
Can you look out the window
without your shadow getting in the way?"
-- Sarah McLachlan
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