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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
index 77055ef29..458e73f9e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
@@ -177,12 +177,16 @@ dtable::stdio_init ()
{
/* Since this code is not invoked for forked tasks, we don't have
to worry about the close-on-exec flag here. */
- if (!DuplicateHandle (hMainProc, out, hMainProc, &err, 0, true,
- DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
+ /* CV 2009-11-26: Using hMainProc results in ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
+ when trying to duplicate a console handle. It only works using
+ the GetCurrentProcess () pseudo handle for some unknown reason. */
+ if (!DuplicateHandle (GetCurrentProcess (), out,
+ GetCurrentProcess (), &err,
+ 0, TRUE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
{
/* If that fails, do this as a fall back. */
err = out;
- system_printf ("couldn't make stderr distinct from stdout");
+ system_printf ("couldn't make stderr distinct from stdout, %E");
}
}