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Subject:	RE: slow bash spawn
Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:47:14 -0000
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On 18 March 2007 13:28, Marc Compere wrote:

> The recent setup.exe update has caused bash.exe to have startup times
> approx. 10x longer than before.  sh.exe starts pretty quickly but bash.exe
> via cygwin.bat takes ~30 seconds to start.  Took just a couple of seconds
> before. Cpu is nowhere near pinned, hovering around 3% or 5%.
> 
> Each bash process spawn from within bash takes a long time as well
> making ./configure and make take a lot longer than before.
> 
> Similar problem here: http://www.nabble.com/Slow-compile-issue-with-cygwin-
> make-since-v1.5.17-t3235008.html
> 
> Interestingly enough, sh.exe spawns relatively quickly.
> 
> Anyone else had similar problems or, more importantly, found a solution?
> 
> Running XP sp2 on a fresh, plain vanilla cygwin install.  antivirus is not
> the problem as bash started just fine on cygwin release just a few weeks
> ago. 

  Perhaps something in your startup scripts is taking this time.  Open a dos
shell (start->run->"cmd"), cd to c:\cygwin\bin or whereever your install
lives, run "bash --login -i -x".  The '-x' will make it print out all the
commands it's running during startup; hopefully you can narrow down the
problem to one particular item.

  Also, please run "cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out" and send the
cygcheck.out file ***as an attachment please*** with your next post.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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