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Subject:	RE: GConf2 and clear fork bomb on x64
Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:32:03 +0100
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From:	"Oliver Walsh" <Oliver DOT Walsh AT ansys DOT com>
To:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de]
> Sent: 28 July 2005 00:26
> To: Oliver Walsh
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: GConf2 and clear fork bomb on x64
> 
> Oliver Walsh wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > On Windows Server 2003 64bit, clear.exe and gconftool-2.exe are fork
> > bombing. I downloaded and installed cygwin yesterday.
> >
> > If I build the executables from source (on XP 32bit, cygwin
> > 1.5.12-1) then they both run fine.
> >
> > Any ideas about what's going on?
> 
> What is the actual error message?  Probably a rebase problem?  Have
you
> tried to run rebaseall?
> 
> 
> Gerrit
> --
> =^..^=

There is no error, it fork bombs ie I get 4000 gconftool-2 processes.

strace doesn't output anything

Ollie


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