I am happy this is resolved and the intermittent behavior explained. Yes, > we could improve exception messages, especially since analyzing fork > scenarios is cumbersome. >
I tried hard back in 2005 to provide pretty good java-level diagnostics when subprocess starting failed somehow (see WhyCantJohnnyExec) . At least the errno did get reported. I've had this little script around for ages: #!/bin/bash # -v: Print unabbreviated versions of environment, etc exec /usr/bin/strace -f -v -s 256 -e signal=none -e trace=process "$@"
