Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/05/10/00:24:53
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU> - reformatted
Virgil Adumitroaie wrote:
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>> From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin <dot> com>
>> To: cygwin <at> cygwin <dot> com
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> - thanks.
>> Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 23:07:04 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.5.19-4 issues
>> Virgil Adumitroaie wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is my second call to the cygwin developers. There is a problem
>>> with cygwin 1.5.19-4 (on windows xp sp2).
>>
>>
>> Why is a second call required? The first was plenty good enough. And
>> actually, revisiting the issue so quickly can actually work against your
>> intentions.
>>
>>
>>> The qt designer (/usr/lib/qt3/bin/designer) crashes and its compilation
>>> from source fails.
>>
>>
>> Sorry, I can't reproduce the crash of which you speak. I didn't attempt
>> to compile the source.
>>
>>
>>> You might not care about matplotlib, but the "gcc:
>>> fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" which I get during compilation,
>>> indicates some other trouble.
>>
>>
>> I believe you have gotten a pointer on this issue already so I won't
>> comment
>> further.
>>
>>
>>> Please let me know if you think otherwise, or if you don't get the same
>>> behavior.
>>> What changes made between 1.5.19-4 and 1.5.18-1 could produce these
>>> problems?
>>
>>
>> Ah, now there's the $1,000,000 question. Obviously, if there was a known
>> cause of this, there would already be a patch. So your efforts in tracking
>> this down would be beneficial. You may want to start with a recent
>> snapshot
>> to see if it would help or hurt. Any recent snapshot is going to give you
>> good insight into the capabilities of 1.5.20, which is pending release.
>>
>> Perhaps it would be best to read and follow the problem reporting
>> guidelines
>> outlined here:
>>
>>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>
>>
>> This could unearth some important information that might help as well.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com
>> RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>> 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>> Holliston, MA 01746
>
> My apologies for the second call, it seemed my request was ignored
> and it was not clear why.
>
> I just want to add that I am surprised you have not
> been able to reproduce the problem with qt designer.
> I have tried cygwin update and clean install on three different
> computers runnning xp sp2 (one being a virtual pc - vmware)
> and all three installations displayed this problem. Downgrading
> to 1.5.18-1 removed the problem on all three.
FWIW, I'm running XP SP1, though I doubt that's terribly significant.
> Anyway, I will heed your suggestions, and thank you for your time.
>
Good luck and your welcome.
--
Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746
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