link.exe: Error 177

Question

I've been using Process Explorer for many years.

My only annoyance with it is that it does not close the .pdb-handle for the associated program.
Steps to reproduce while creating programs (my case just now):

• Inspect the threads of a running diff.exe (GNU-diff).
• Do a rebuild of diff.exe.
• Linker complains with:
  LINK : fatal error LNK1201: error writing to program database 'F:\MingW32\src\gnu\GNU-diff\src\diff.pdb';
  check for insufficient disk space, invalid path, or insufficient privilege
  • I have to exit procexp.exe to resolve this before trying a make diff.exe again.

Anybody else have this issue?

Answer 1

Yes, I frequently experience this issue too. I wrote up my own report of this bug here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/863049/bug-report-pdb-file-handle-leaked-if-process-ends.html