1. Building from PyCool/dict executes two commands: export PYTHONPATH="M:\external\Boost\1.32.0_python242\win32_vc71\lib\python2.4\site-packages;M:\app\releases\SEAL\SEAL_1_7_9\win32_vc71_dbg\lib;M:\app\releases\SEAL\SEAL_1_7_9\win32_vc71_dbg\python;M:\external\root\5.08.00\win32_vc71\root\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\lib;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\python;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\lib;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\python"; wine /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Python/2.4.2/win32_vc71/python.exe M:\\app\\releases\\SEAL\\SEAL_1_7_9\\win32_vc71_dbg\\bin\\lcgdict.py M:\\app\\releases\\COOL\\internal\\avalassi\\COOL_HEAD\\src\\PyCool\\dict\\PyCool_headers.h -s M:\\app\\releases\\COOL\\internal\\avalassi\\COOL_HEAD\\src\\PyCool\\dict\\PyCool_selection.xml -o M:\\app\\releases\\COOL\\internal\\avalassi\\COOL_HEAD\\tmp\\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\\src\\PyCool\\dict\\PyCool_headers_dict.cpp --split --reflex --gccxmlpath=M:\\external\\gccxml\\0.6.0_patch3\\win32_vc71\\bin -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/COOL/internal/avalassi/COOL_HEAD/src/PyCool -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/COOL/internal/avalassi/COOL_HEAD/src/CoolApplication -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/COOL/internal/avalassi/COOL_HEAD/src/CoolKernel -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Foundation/SealBase -I/win32_vc71_dbg_wine/include -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Foundation/SealPlatform -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/CORAL/CORAL_1_2_1/src/CoralBase -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Framework/SealKernel -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Foundation/PluginManager -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/POOL/POOL_2_2_7/src/AttributeList -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/POOL/POOL_2_2_7/src/POOLCore -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Dictionary/Reflection -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Framework/SealServices -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src/Dictionary/Reflex -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/uuid/1.38/win32_vc71/include -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Boost/1.32.0_python242/win32_vc71/include/boost-1_32 -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Python/2.4.2/win32_vc71/include -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/pcre/4.4/win32_vc71/include -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/src -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/SEAL/SEAL_1_7_9/win32_vc71_dbg/include -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/POOL/POOL_2_2_7/src -I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/CORAL/CORAL_1_2_1/src -I/opt/avalassi/wine/win32/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003/Vc7/include -I/opt/avalassi/wine/win32/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003/Vc7/PlatformSDK/Include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DGNU_SOURCE -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_WINDOWS -DSEAL_KERNEL_BUILD_ARCHIVE -D_DEBUG -DLCGDICT_STRING where in the second case I separated the command from the long include path. 2. Build by hand a simplified test case Just execute two commands (export and wine)... but first you must be in bash and create a directory tmp. bash export PYTHONPATH="M:\external\Boost\1.32.0_python242\win32_vc71\lib\python2.4\site-packages;M:\app\releases\SEAL\SEAL_1_7_9\win32_vc71_dbg\lib;M:\app\releases\SEAL\SEAL_1_7_9\win32_vc71_dbg\python;M:\external\root\5.08.00\win32_vc71\root\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\lib;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\python;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\lib;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\python"; \rm -rf tmp mkdir -p tmp wine /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Python/2.4.2/win32_vc71/python.exe M:\\app\\releases\\SEAL\\SEAL_1_7_9\\win32_vc71_dbg\\bin\\lcgdict.py wineTest.h -s wineTest.xml -o tmp/wineTest_dict.cpp --split --reflex --gccxmlpath=M:\\external\\gccxml\\0.6.0_patch3\\win32_vc71\\bin This hangs on "Parsing file wineTest.h with GCC_XML". From another window, ps -xfa | more reveals the two processes that are stuck: 18451 pts/4 S 0:00 \_ /opt/avalassi/wine/wine-20050930-install/bin/wine-preloader /opt/avalassi/wine/wine-20050930-install/bin/wine-pthread c:\windows\system32\wcmd.exe /c M:\external\gccxml\0.6.0_patch3\win32_vc71\bin\gccxml wineTest.h -fxml=tmp\wineTest.xml -D__REFLEX__ 18452 pts/4 S 0:12 \_ /opt/avalassi/wine/wine-20050930-install/bin/wine-preloader /opt/avalassi/wine/wine-20050930-install/bin/wine-pthread M:\external\gccxml\0.6.0_patch3\win32_vc71\bin\gccxml wineTest.h -fxml=tmp\wineTest.xml -D__REFLEX__ These are the two typical processes that must be killed to complete the build. 3. Execute gccxml from wine directly bash export PYTHONPATH="M:\external\Boost\1.32.0_python242\win32_vc71\lib\python2.4\site-packages;M:\app\releases\SEAL\SEAL_1_7_9\win32_vc71_dbg\lib;M:\app\releases\SEAL\SEAL_1_7_9\win32_vc71_dbg\python;M:\external\root\5.08.00\win32_vc71\root\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\lib;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\python;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\bin;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\lib;M:\app\releases\COOL\internal\avalassi\COOL_HEAD\win32_vc71_dbg_wine\python"; \rm -rf tmp mkdir -p tmp wine /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/gccxml/0.6.0_patch3/win32_vc71/bin/gccxml wineTest.h -fxml=tmp/wineTest.xml -D__REFLEX__ This hangs, indeed. It is the simplest example that hangs. Note that wineTest.xml here is the output of gccxml, not the input to Reflex (and in fact it is in a different temporary directory!) 4. Recipe to kill the processes from another window a. Wait for "Parsing file" on the build window b. On the second window, type ps -xfa | grep gccxml | grep -v grep Wait until there are only two processes (i.e. until gccxml_cc1plus has finished) c. On the second window, kill the two processes using kill `ps -xfa | grep gccxml | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` PS Another possibility could be to replace gccxml by gccxml_cc1plus with the correct settings, but these are too long to be all displayed. You can get a hint at them by typing wine /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/gccxml/0.6.0_patch3/win32_vc71/bin/gccxml --print Also, it is difficult to pass to wine some options with a lot of ().