Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/04/08/14:37:48
On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 01:25:13PM -0400, Luis P Caamano wrote:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: (J. David Boyd)
>> To: cygwin
>> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:29:59 -0400
>> Subject: Re: when is using cygserver recommended? (thx)
>> Christopher Faylor writes:
>>
>> >
>> > In that case, my previous reply is even more pertinent; especially given
>> > that Igor mentioned that the problem has nothing to do with cygserver.
>>
>> Strange then, that my 'fork' problem has now gone away, after adjusting my
>> cygserver.conf file....
>
>I don't know if it fixes it or not but I can tell you that I started
>using cygserver perhaps a couple months ago and after changing that
>variable, I've never seen the fork problem again.
>
>However, I'm not completely sure but I think that the chain of events
>was like this:
>
>1- no fork problems
>
>2- added cygserver for different reasons
>
>3- got fork problems
>
>4- edited cygserver.conf
>
>5- no fork problems
>
>Right now, although I understand that fork problem, I do not
>understand its cause or why the cygserver.conf change fixed it. I
>think the reason I edited that file was because I got the impression
>that using cygserver is what caused my fork problems. It seems though
>that people are getting the fork problems even when not using
>cygserver. I concluded that I needed to research cygserver a lot more
>to understand what's going. One day ...
>
>One thing is certain, though. I'm very glad I don't see the fork
>problems anymore.
But, think of the chickens...
Just to state the obvious again: cygserver has nothing to do with fork
-- superstitious assertions to the contrary not withstanding.
cgf
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